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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:

Tom said...

...I love gingerbread!

Anonymous said...

This looks so good -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com

Lorrie said...

Looks delicious! I love a make ahead dessert.

Mari said...

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

Catarina said...

Love Crème Brûlée!

Elephant's Child said...

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.

Angie said...

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

Angie's Recipes said...

Sounds and looks wonderful!

Rustic Pumpkin said...

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

Ananka said...

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

Giorgio said...

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.

jabblog said...

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

Margaret D said...

Looks good, Jan.

VENTANA DE FOTO said...

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.

baili said...

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

eileeninmd said...

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

Donna said...

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

Shari Burke said...

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

Bob Bushell said...

Hi Jan
Beautiful zest on xmas.

Barwitzki said...

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

Jeanie said...

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

CJ Kennedy said...

Sounds like a nice change of pace dessert

Conniecrafter said...

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

Mary Kirkland said...

That sounds good.

J.P. Alexander said...

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

HappyK said...

Yummy!

My name is Erika. said...

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

Carola Bartz said...

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.

Stefania said...

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

Victor S E Moubarak said...

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

God bless.

Lisabella Russo said...

Oh that looks quite delicious!

Debbie said...

both favorite flavors of mine, this sound delicious!!

Iris Flavia said...

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

This N That said...

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

DVArtist said...

Ohhh this looks so good.

Rose said...

A clementine sounds delicious.

Teresa said...

Seguro que está buenísimo. Besos.

DeniseinVA said...

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