While I am away on the Low Carb Cruise I have reached out to some of my favorite low carb or Paleo bloggers to share some delicious recipes with you. Next up is my friend DJ Foodie, with a two part guest post explaining how to make low carb nut crusts for pies, caramel flavor, a delicious recipe for Salted Browned Butter & Pecan Pie, plus so much more! Please welcome DJ Foodie and enjoy his guest posts.
Hi there, fellow low-carbers! My name is DJ Foodie. I’m a food nerd, who has lost near 150 lbs. (so far!) by simply changing out my ingredients. I still eat full portions of tasty chow, I’ve just traded my carby ingredients for healthy alternatives! I currently run a blog with daily recipes each falling under 10 net grams per serving. At about 200 recipes strong, I’ve covered quite a lot of territory in just a few months! However, this post isn’t about me. It’s about pie!When Karen asked me to do a guest post, I really wanted to do something special for her. I’m a big fan! I wanted to do something that covers a few interesting techniques, while still arriving at something COMPLETELY approachable, comforting and recognizable as a tantalizing foodstuff, not some weird science experiment. We’re going to get down and dirty with a Salted Brown Butter Pecan Pie topped with Chocolate Ganache and Whipped Cream. Oh yeah!I should say, however, that this is a LONG piece of pie! Don’t let the length intimidate you. I could’ve easily written this as a short and sweet recipe, but chose to make it educational. It’s instructional, rather than “simple step” oriented. Ultimately, the pie does take a lot of time and patience, but the actual steps involved aren’t that time consuming or dramatic. It’s just a lot of “hang time”. In any event, this recipe is quite a lot of fun! It utilizes some interesting techniques, which allow us to get a caramel flavor, without any sugar! On top of being a sugar-free pie, it’s also gluten free, grain free and very low-carb!Some of the interesting topics we’ll cover are:
• Nut crusts
• Caramel flavor without sugar (hint: it comes from cream)
• Emulsions
• Gelatin (Part 2)
• Chocolate (Part 2)
• Finally … the recipe, itself! (Part 2)
• Caramel flavor without sugar (hint: it comes from cream)
• Emulsions
• Gelatin (Part 2)
• Chocolate (Part 2)
• Finally … the recipe, itself! (Part 2)
