Healthy, low sugar crème brûlée recipe using only four whole ingredients as traditionally practiced for creamy decadence loaded with healthy fats.
It’s Friday afternoon. You’ve just looked at the calendar and suddenly realized that your vegetarian friends of many years are coming to dinner.
No worries. Just serve a nice veggie stir fry cooked in store-bought or homemade ghee or expeller-pressed coconut oil and whip up creme brulee for dessert. You won’t miss having meat with the main meal at all because creme brulee is loaded with healthy fats that will satiate you and your guests completely without an overload of sugar that will leave you groggy the next morning.
Even better, you can use up that quart of sour raw cream in the back of the fridge that is just a bit too tart for making homemade ice cream!
Classic Crème brûlée
Creme brulee made the traditional way with full-fat cream and loads of egg yolks is nothing short of creamy decadence, but you can serve it knowing that it is a very healthy ending to your dinner party too.
How so?
Egg yolks and the butterfat in cream are high in the important omega 6 fat called arachidonic acid. Ironic but true. Westerners are so inflammation-ridden from the excessive processed omega-6 fats in their diet but are typically deficient in arachidonic acid. This is one of the most critical omega-6 fats of them all!
11% of the brain is composed of this vital fatty acid. It is also of great importance for healthy, beautiful, sag-resistant skin as it ensures strong cell-to-cell junctures. Arachidonic acid is also critical for the proper development and maintenance of the intestinal tract.
So eat up and enjoy that decadent creme brulee and be sure not to use egg replacer or fake cream in this recipe!
How to Use Leftover Egg Whites
What to do with all the leftover egg whites from making this fabulous dish? Click here for an easy high protein cookie recipe complete with a video how-to! This nut pudding recipe also uses up 6-8 egg whites in a hurry.
Note that egg whites are not healthy to eat raw. In other words, don’t add them to a smoothie!
Traditional Crème Brûlée Recipe
Healthy, low sugar creme brulee recipe using only four whole ingredients as traditionally practiced for creamy decadence that is also loaded with healthy fats.
Ingredients
- 1 quart heavy cream preferably raw
- 8 egg yolks preferably pastured
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar or sucanat
- 1 Tbl vanilla extract
Topping
- 8 tsp coconut sugar or sucanat
Instructions
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Heat cream gently with vanilla but do not let it boil.
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Beat egg yolks with coconut sugar (sucanat may be substituted if desired) until smooth and well blended. Beat vanilla and hot cream into yolk mixture.
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Pour into eight 4-inch ramekins or other small, oven-safe dish (about 3/4 cup each). Set dishes in very shallow pans of warm water. Bake 45-60 minutes in a 300-degree oven until custard sets and forms a a crust on top.
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Let custards cool, cover lightly with waxed paper and chill 4 hours in the refrigerator.
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To serve, sprinkle 1 rounded teaspoon of coconut sugar or sucanat over the top of each. Place under the broiler until the sugar melts, being careful not to burn (it melts very quickly!). Let the ramekins cool and then return to refrigerator until melted sugar forms a crust. Serve very cold.
Sarah, When are you going to write a cookbook including all of your fab recipes?
Hi Linda, that is so kind of you to suggest that 🙂 I have three eBooks on specialty recipes (with more on the way) such as my low carb recipes and another which compiles my dairy free recipes. They are available for complimentary download to members of Healthy Home Plus.
This is an absolutely fantastic recipe! Thank you Sarah for a healthy, low glycemic and delicious treat! Made it for Christmas dinner and it was a huge hit!! This will go into permanent dessert rotation 🙂