Apple-Walnut-Ginger Galette - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 3 large apples (Pink Lady or Gala), peeled, cored and thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/4 cup chopped crystallized ginger
- 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons brown sugar, divided
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 trans-fat-free piecrust (such as Whole Foods' or homemade, enough for a 9-inch pie)
- Vegetable oil cooking spray
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400 °F. In a bowl, toss apples with walnuts, ginger, 2 tablespoons sugar, flour and cinnamon. Roll pie crust into a 12-inch circle, about 1/8-inch thick. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray; place pie crust on sheet. (It's OK if the pie crust hangs over the sides.) Arrange apple slices in one layer to form a circle about 3 inches from edge of pie crust; fill in circle with more slices. Scrape any remaining walnuts and ginger from bowl onto apples. Gently fold edges of pie crust over outer edge of apple filling to form a thick crust. Spray outer rim of crust with cooking spray; sprinkle crust with remaining 2 teaspoons sugar. Bake until crust is golden brown and apples are soft, 35 minutes. Cut into 8 slices and serve.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Apples, Nuts, Walnuts.
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). Apples wi...
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