Christmas arrives and everything is tradition: the decoration, the gifts, the reunions, the dinners, the typical meals… Among them, of course, the nougat. And there is no Christmas without trying this sweet so typically Christmas but what about people who are diabetic? Do they have to deprive themselves of this rich delicacy?
As you know, a diabetic person suffers from a disease in which their blood glucose levels are too high. The body does not make enough insulin, which is a hormone made by the pancreas that helps glucose move into the cells, so it stays in the blood and does not reach the cells.
These people, therefore, must control their sugar levels to keep them stable. To do this, they should avoid consuming foods with sugar and added sugars. Luckily, there are many recipes that have released their “diabetic” version so that these people can enjoy many meals without harming their body. And this is the case of the nougat!
Although it is true that this Christmas sweet usually has a lot of sugar, we have a recipe so you can make it at home and our recommendation is that you try to make it yourself since there are many “no added sugar” labels that are misleading. These do not mean that the products do not have sugar, but that more has not been added. Careful with that! However, if we do it at home we will know exactly what is in it and, in the end, it will be healthier and richer as well as eating it with more pleasure.
If we want to add some nuts to our chocolate nougat, we must take into account that it must be in controlled doses since they are rich in carbohydrates. It is also of vital importance not to exceed the recommended portions, because in this way we can enjoy the typical Christmas sweet without any problem.
Are you ready? Check out our Christmas recipe for chocolate nougat for diabetics and get down to work in the kitchen! Yum!
Sugar-free chocolate nougat recipe
Ingredients:
- 2 chocolate bars 70% (or more) without sugar.
- 100 ml. of low fat cream.
- 125g. Of almonds and peeled walnuts.
- A tablespoon of butter.
How do we make it?
- First, we are going to toast the nuts. If we don’t want them to be in such whole pieces, we can pass them through a food processor or grind them smaller. That’s to taste! Then, we will put them in a pan over medium-high heat and let them brown.
- On the other hand, we will put the cream to heat over medium heat (you should not let it boil). We will chop the chocolate tablets and let them melt little by little together with the cream. Next, we will turn until the texture is somewhat thicker than that of the initial cream. When we get it, we must remove it from the fire.
- Next, we will have to combine the nuts with our mixture of chocolate and cream. We will turn around so that everything is well integrated into the mixture and, once done, we will pour it into the molds that we want to use for the nougat.
- Now we just have to wait! Put it in the fridge for 3 or 4 hours so that it hardens properly and then take it out of the mold and don’t forget to try it!
- You can make any changes you want to this recipe, as long as you remember that you should not overdo the nuts, you can put hazelnuts instead of almonds, puffed rice, citrus fruits… And, on the other hand, that all the chocolate that you use is 0% sugar (it can be black, with milk…) and with a high percentage of pure cocoa. To do this, remember to check the labels.