WebHow do you make Keto spanakopita? Ingredients (makes 2 servings) /4 cup shredded mozzarella (85 g/ 3 oz) – use low-moisture, part-skim, shredded mozzarella cheese; not …
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Step 1) – To make a perfect Italian Pastry Cream, first in a saucepan mix the egg yolks with the sugar, using a wooden spoon. Then add the sifted flour a little bit at a time. Step 2) – Keep stirring for about 5 minutes, until the mixture is blended. Then set aside.
For a low carb version, I switched the traditional cornstarch for arrowroot powder. Tapioca starch could also be used, but is slightly higher in carbs. Making low carb pastry cream is a bit challenging as you absolutely will need to use some sort of starch in this French pastry cream recipe.
This sugar-free French pastry cream is the perfect filling for low-carb desserts. It’s easy to double the batch so you’ll have plenty of creme patissiere if you need more. I came up with this recipe while I was working in my new Keto Chaffles book where I used this deliciously creamy vanilla custard pastry filling to make keto approved eclairs.
Sporcamuss are another of the best Italian pastries from the Puglia region. They consist of squares of puff pastry filled with pastry cream and sprinkled with powdered icing sugar. Sporcamuss are very sweet and usually eaten as a dessert rather than for breakfast. In the local dialect, sporcamuss means ‘dirty mouth’.