Mediterranean Diet recipes: Dessert

• Sugar-free spongecake with peer marmalade

  

  The very first sugar-free birthday cake we prepared had to meet some special requirements: the birthday girl could not eat nor sugar nor wheat flour... nor dairy products. Now that is a challenge! We resolved it cooking with buckwheat flour instead of wheat flour, using sweetener instead of sugar (though since we discovered stevia we recommend it as a healthier alternative) and home-made peer marmalade to decorate the cake. I received a big hug from the birthday girl for the cake, I think that says all :)

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• Cinnamon-almond cake

  

  Desserts made with almond flour are typic in Catalonia. This time we prepared a cinnamon and lemon flavoured cake, another recipe inherited from the family. we recommend to serve it with a little glass of Moscatel.

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• Hedgehog panellets

  

  Panellets are typical desserts for All Saints' Day in Catalonia. This year we prepared them with hedgehog shape.

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• Whole wheat pancakes with apple

  

  This whole wheat pancake recipe is easy to prepare and you can use it with or without sugar (we used the same mixture for the Pancakes with chicken recipe but without sugar). Or, as a healthy alternative you can use 20-25 drops of stevia and the apples will also help to give this dessert a sweet taste. We also recommend to try it with some sugar free marmalade.

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• Cheesecake with strawberry marmalade

  

  Cheesecakes with fresh fruits or marmalade are really popular in Catalonia so we decided to include this simple cheesecake recipe for those days when you can allow yourself a little sweet pleasure ;)

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• Thin pancakes with quince jelly and tetilla cheese

  

  The quince jelly with tetilla cheese is a typical dessert from the west coast of Spain (Galicia). We prepared it with sugar-free whole-wheat thin pancakes and we got a light dessert with a characteristic flavor. In this recipe we added 10 drops of liquid Stevia, but you can prepare the dough without adding any sugar or sweetener, the quince jelly will take care of the necessary amout of sweetness of the dish.

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