Café Brûlot Recipe | Myrecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe

Servings: 10

Lunch

This Café Brûlot Recipe | Myrecipes is a PCOS-friendly recipe.

Nutrition per Serving

0 Calories

0g Protein

0g Carbs

0g Fat

Recipe by Jim Folse Brûlot in French means "spicy" or "burned" with sugar. The recipe for this famous blend of dark roast coffee with cognac or brandy, spiced with cinnamon and orange peel, is attributed to Dominique Youx, top lieutenant to the 18th-cent

Ingredients

1 orange
1 lemon
6 whole cloves
1 1/4 cups Triple Sec (orange-flavored liqueur)
2 tablespoons brandy
2 (3-inch) cinnamon sticks
5 cups hot strong brewed coffee
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

Instructions

Carefully remove rind from orange and from lemon in a continuous strip using a vegetable peeler, making sure to avoid the white pithy part of the rind. Stud orange rind piece with 3 cloves. Stud lemon rind piece with 3 cloves.
Combine Triple Sec, brandy, and cinnamon sticks in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Bring to a simmer. Ignite Triple Sec mixture with a long match. Carefully hold orange and lemon rinds with tongs over flames, turning frequently. Let flames die down; add orange and lemon rinds to Triple Sec mixture.
Pour coffee into one side of saucepan. Stir in juices. Discard rinds. Serve in demitasse cups.

PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe

This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Lemon.

Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). Lemons ca...

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Café Brûlot Recipe | Myrecipes good for PCOS?

Yes, this Café Brûlot Recipe | Myrecipes recipe is designed to be PCOS-friendly., it supports balanced blood sugar and hormonal health.

Can I eat this for Lunch with PCOS?

Yes, this recipe works well as a PCOS-friendly Lunch. Pair it with other PCOS-friendly foods throughout the day for balanced nutrition.

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