HEALTHY PECAN PIE CHEESECAKE
Hello Food Lovers!
Thanksgiving is in a couple of days and I am so ready for the great food and meals coming ahead!
For a great healthy dessert choice, you will need to do some cooking and healthy baking in advance!
Did you know that most of the desserts in general taste better when made at least 24hr before eating them? I say at least, and in the case of cheesecake, sometimes I even make it 48hr before! I promise this is a great tip to make your healthy desserts even more yummy!
This round version is the first time I made it 3 years ago and I make it every year since then.
So I made this HEALTHY PECAN PIE CHEESECAKE for last year’s Thanksgiving! Let me say this…It was very very very VERY good!!!! And I will surely make it again today for this coming Thursday!!
This healthy cheesecake is made with a graham cracker crust, grass-fed cream cheese and whipping cream, coconut sugar, eggs and caramelized pecans.
For this year I decided to make individual pieces.
DIABETIC DIET TIP
Having Thanksgiving around the corner, any healthy dessert on this blog is going to be always a better alternative than any other regular dessert out there full of refined sugars and additives. This is why Your Daily Nutrients started, to help you live deliciously healthy!
So this healthy recipe is no different! Even though this healthy Pecan Pie Cheesecake has more sugar content (the healthier sugar) and a graham cracker crust… a piece of this delicious healthy cheesecake it’s a great option! Remember to check you blood sugar levels before, during and after eating, specially because you will probably eat more than you’re used to.
Since you will eat a mix of carbohydrates, fats and proteins, your digestion will be quite slow… this means that your insulin might get into your bloodstream before your sugar and therefore experience an hypoglycemia. An important strategy to avoid shooting to much insulin before eating, is to do it gradually. Shoot half of the insulin dose before eating and the other half just when you finish eating. This will maintain a more stable blood glucose levels throughout the evening and night. Let us know if you have any questions about this!!!!
Remember that moderation is key ALWAYS! So now that Thanksgiving is here and Christmas is coming… I will give you some tips to be able to enjoy all the food and stay on track at the same time!
Let us know if you try this deliciousnesssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!
INGREDIENTS
Crust:
400gr of graham crackers or cookie of choice. You can also make it healthier creating your cookie crust with almond flour, coconut flour, coconut sugar and coconut oil or butter
1/2 cup or 75gr of grass-fed butter or coconut oil (melted)
1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Cream cheese filling:
650gr good quality cream cheese like grass-fed (at room temperature) * You can use any cream cheese, I just recommend the good quality one.
250ml grass-fed heavy cream
4 organic eggs (at room temperature)
70gr of coconut sugar
60gr erythritol
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Caramelized pecans topping:
Caramelized pecans recipe HERE
STEPS
Pre heat oven at 350F/175C. Cover the base of a rectangular mold with parchment paper.
Blend the cookies and mix all the crust ingredients together.
Transfer dough to the mold. Using a measuring cup or your fingers, evenly press dough in bottom. Refrigerate.
In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese first and add the heavy cream.
Mix everything and add the eggs one by one and the vanilla extract.
Mix everything and add the coconut sugar and erythritol.
Once everything is fully combined, add the filling to the mold over the crust and bake for 1 hour.
Let it cool on the mold and refrigerate for at least 5 hours before eating. I always make cakes at least the day before eating them, they’re much better in flavor and consistency!!
Once cooled, cut into desired pieces and add the topping, I put whipping cream first and then sprinkled the caramelised pecans on top for each piece.
* Store the cheesecake in an air tight container in the fridge for 1 week or freeze.
Did you make this recipe?
Please let me know how it turned out for you! Leave a comment below and share a picture on Instagram with the hashtag #yourdailynutrients and tag me so I can see you!
Thanks so much!
🇪🇸 Spanish:
Es Acción de Gracias en un par de días aquí en Estados Unidos. Hace 3 años que hago este Cheesecake de nueces pacanas y está tremendo!! Las nueces pacanas son tan típicas de otoño y hace que esta receta sea un postre ideal!
INGREDIENTES
Base de galleta:
400gr de galleta tipo María o Digestive. Podéis hacer la base de galleta vosotros, en versión más sana con harina de almendra, harina de coco, azúcar de coco y aceite de coco o mantequilla de buena calidad.
1/2 taza o 65gr de mantequilla de vacas de pasto o aceite de coco (derretida)
1/2 cucharada de canela en polvo
Relleno de queso crema:
650gr de queso crema de buena calidad (a temperatura ambiente) *Podéis usar el queso crema que queráis, yo recomiendo uno de buena calidad!
250ml de nata para montar
4 huevos ecológicos (a temperatura ambiente)
70gr de azúcar de coco
60gr eritritol
1 cucharada de extracto de vainilla
Topping de nueces caramelizadas:
Receta de nueces caramelizadas AQUÍ
PASOS
Pre calentar el horno a 175C.
Cubrir la base de un molde rectangular con el papel de horno.
Triturar las galletas para la base y mezclar con mantequilla o aceite de coco derretido y canela. Mezclar bien y verter en el molde, apretar bien con los dedos por toda la base. Dejar en nevera.
En un bol, batir el queso crema y añadir la nata.
Mezclar bien y añadir los huevos uno a uno y la vainilla.
Mezclar bien y añadir el azúcar de coco y el eritritol.
Una vez todo bien mezclado, verter el relleno por encima de la base de galleta y hornear durante 1 hora.
Dejar enfriar en el molde y ponerlo en la nevera al menos 5 horas antes de servir. Yo siempre intento hacer los pasteles el día anterior, la consistencia y el sabor es mejor!!
Una vez enfriado, cortar en trozos y añadir un poco de nata en cada pieza y esparcir las nueces pecanas caramelizadas por encima.
* Conservar en nevera o congelar en trozos, así podéis comer un trocito cuando os apetezca!
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