Low Carb Butter Pecan Ice Cream Recipe
Servings: 8 people
Calories: 211
The best low carb butter pecan ice cream recipe ever! It’s smooth and creamy and scoops well after frozen. You’d never know it’s sugar free!
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Ingredients
- ½ cup pecans finely chopped (about 4 ounces)
- 1 ½ tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup Sukrin Gold
- ½ cup LC Foods White sweetener - Inulin
- ¼ teaspoon xanthan gum
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 ½ cups heavy cream
- ½ cup unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk (in carton)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Toast pecans in baking pan with lip until fragrant (about 7-8 minutes at 350°F).
- Add butter and salt to hot pecans, tossing until butter is melted. Set aside to cool completely.
- Whisk together the Sukrin Gold, inulin sweetener, and xanthan gum.
- Add in egg yolks whisking until combined into the sweeteners.
- Bring cream and low carb milk just to a boil over moderately high heat.
- Add hot cream mix to egg mixture in a slow stream whisking constantly.
- Cook combined mixture over low heat, stirring constantly with wooden spoon until thick enough to coat back of the spoon and temperature is 170-175°F. Stir in vanilla after removing from heat.
- Pour into heat safe bowl then cover surface with wax paper.
- Chill for at least 3 hours.
- Freeze custard in ice cream maker until almost firm.
- Stir together ice cream and pecans then transfer to an airtight container and freeze until hardened.
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Notes
1.7g net carbs per serving. Each serving contains 10g erythritol.
Inspiration for this recipe was from Epicurious.com
Nutrition
Serving: 103g | Calories: 211 | Carbohydrates: 6.9g | Protein: 7.8g | Fat: 16.6g | Saturated Fat: 9.6g | Cholesterol: 169mg | Sodium: 114mg | Fiber: 5.2g | Sugar: 0.6g
Additional Info
Net Carbs:
1.7
g
|
% Carbs:
3.6
%
|
% Protein:
16.6
%
|
% Fat:
79.7
%
|
SmartPoints:
8