Monday, 25 November 2024

Gingerbread Crème Brûlée : For Thanksgiving or Christmas a Low Carb Dessert


By putting this creamy custard, and gingerbread flavour together, it makes a nice Thanksgiving or Christmas low carb/keto dessert that brings a well-spiced finish to your evening meal. 

Ingredients
Serves Six
3g net carbs per serving
425 ml (1¾ cups) heavy (double) whipping cream
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
2 tbsp (25 g) erythritol (sweetener)
¼ tsp vanilla extract
4 egg yolks
½ clementine (optional)

Tip
This recipe uses pumpkin pie spice. If you can't find it, you can make your own by using this recipe or by mixing equal amounts of ginger, cinnamon and ground cloves.

Recipe Instructions
can be seen here


Clementines
Small and sweet, clementines are a hybrid of tangerines and oranges. Easy to peel and exceptionally sweet, there are over 20 varieties of clementine. The fruit will keep in the fridge for up to one week.

Some recipes you may like to try
Clementine Almond Cake, it's low carb and flourless - more details here
Christmas Salad, it's so colourful and low in carbs too - more details here
Clementine Prosecco Cocktail, it's nice but 13.5g carbs per serving - more details here

You will find a variety of recipe ideas within this blog, and not all may be suitable for you. If you may have any food allergies, or underlying health issues these must always be taken into account. If you are a diabetic and not sure how certain foods may affect your blood sugars, test is best, i.e., use your meter. If you have any concerns about your health, it is always advisable to consult your doctor or health care team.

All the best Jan

38 comments:

  1. This looks so good -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com

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  2. Looks delicious! I love a make ahead dessert.

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  3. The creme brulee looks really good.
    Clementines are a favorite this time of year.

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  4. Not for me, but himself would like it. Thank you. And thank you for the recipe for pumpkin spice which I have never seen here.

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  5. Jan - perfect timing on this post! The creme brulee and the Prosecco cocktail really caught my eye!

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  6. A delicious alternative to the traditional desserts. I would suggest if making pumpkin pie spice mix to use freshly ground nutmeg. you won't need as much and it makes a world of difference to the pre ground.
    hope everyone is safe after Bert! Debbie

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  7. This sounds good. I do love anything gingerbread :-D Never actually had a Creme Brulee in my life!

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  8. I wouldn't mind a glass of that Clementine Prosecco Cocktail :-)
    Thanks for sharing gingerbread crème brùlée ... it will useful for my wife, as she has high blood sugar levels.

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  9. I love clementines and there are some tasty recipes here. I particularly like the Christmas salad.

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  10. Las clementinas se producen dentro del área donde resido. Siempre que puedo, las compro directamente del agricultor. Recién cogidas del árbol y sin estar en las cámaras, saben mucho mejor.
    Que tengas una buena semana.

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  11. thanks for a nice recipe dear Jan
    sending lots of love and best wishes!

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  12. Both sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing!
    Take care, have a great day and a happy new week.

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  13. This is one of my favorite desserts!!
    Happy Thanksgiving sweet friend!
    hugs
    Donna

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  14. I'm a sucker for creamy dishes/desserts! And I love clementines. Happy Monday.

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  15. I'll take a portion... or two :-))
    Kind regards from Viola

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  16. This looks fantastic! Two of my favorite holiday things in one recipe!

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  17. Sounds like a nice change of pace dessert

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  18. Oh that does sound very intesting, I have never made a brulee before.

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  19. Gracias por la receta. Tomó nota. Te mando un beso.

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  20. I love clementines. And that gingerbread creme brulee sounds amazing.

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  21. I had never thought of a gingerbread crème brulée and I'm not quite sure what to think of it. It would be worth a try for sure.

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  22. Non ho mai assaggiato il Pan di zenzero... Mi sa che quest' anno lo provo con la tua deliziosa ricetta

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  23. I love ginger ... ginger cake and ginger marmalade with ginger beer.

    God bless.

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  24. both favorite flavors of mine, this sound delicious!!

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  25. Sounds yummy and... complicated.... But mostly yummy.

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  26. Crème brûlée is one of my favorites.... Not a lot of ingredients either!
    Have a Happy Thanksgiving..

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  27. A clementine sounds delicious.

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  28. Seguro que está buenísimo. Besos.

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  29. Oh yes, I definitely would enjoy making this. Thank you for a lovely holiday :)

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