Low carb, keto friendly Greek ravani with shredded coconut, sugar free, gluten free and also diabetic friendly!
Keto / Low carb
I was thinking of a low carb version "ravani" for a long time and now I am so excited!
This is a perfect syrupy ravani with sreaded coconut.
It's incredibly juicy and delicious, with the characteristic coconut flavor.
Ravani was one of my favorite Sunday desserts and now I can enjoy without regrets.
Keto Ravani With Shredded Coconut
Servings 10
• Ingredients:
100g / Shredded coconut
100 g / Almond flour
25 g / Whey Isolate Protein powder
40 g / Bamboo fiber flour
9 g / Gelatin powder
¼ tsp / Baking soda
2 tsp / Homemade vanilla extract
1 Tbsp / Lemon zest
4 / Large eggs
100 g / Erythritol - stevia blend 1:1
90 g / Butter
180 g / Quark cheese 20%*
1 Tbsp / Lemon juice
• For the syrup:
100ml / Cold almond milk
200 ml / Water
100-120 g / Erythritol -Stevia blend 1:1
1 Tbsp/ Lemon juice
1/5 tsp / Guar gumm
• Instructions:
1 Preheat the oven at 180°C.
2 Prepare a small 22cm baking pan.
3 Mix all the dry ingredients.
4 Beat the eggs for about 5 minutes and add the butter, the Quark cheese* (you can replace it with 90 g cream cheese + 90 g full fat yogurt) and the lemon juice.
5 Combine the 2 mixtures and spread in the baking pan.
6 Bake for about 55 minutes.
• Syrup
7 Mix the guar gum very quickly with 1/3 of the water using a hand blender
or a frappe mixer.
8 Pour this mixture with the rest of the water in a small sause pan adding the sweetener and the lemon juice.
9 Let the syrup boil for a few minutes to become clear.
10 Make holes with a knife on the hot dessert and pour the cold almond milk spoon by spoon.
The dessert directly absorbs the almond milk.
11 Then pour the hot syrup in three portions and cover the cake to absorb.
Ravani is ready when all the syrup has been absorbed.
12 Decorate with shredded coconut.
• Serve and enjoy!
Macros for 1 portion:
Protein: 11 g
Carbohydrates (net): 2.4 g
Fat: 22 g
Energy: 260 Kcal
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