Lemon-Almond Tarts Recipe | MyRecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
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If you don't have mini tart pans, make this dessert in a (9-inch) tart pan.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup blanched almonds
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 36 vanilla wafers
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- Cooking spray
- 1 (10-ounce) jar lemon curd
- 3 large egg whites
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 °.
- Combine first 3 ingredients in a food processor; process until finely ground. With motor on, drizzle butter through food chute; process until blended. Press about 1/4 cup crumbs into the bottom and up sides of each of 8 (4-inch) tart pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 400 ° for 10 minutes or until toasted. Cool.
- Preheat broiler.
- Spoon curd evenly into crusts. Place egg whites and salt in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed until soft peaks form. Combine granulated sugar and 1/4 cup water in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook, without stirring, until a thermometer registers 250 °. Pour hot syrup in a thin stream over egg whites, beating until stiff peaks form. Spread egg white mixture over tarts. Broil 30 seconds or until lightly browned.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Lemon.
Lemons can help to prevent oxidative damage to the body, which women with PCOS are often susceptible to. Lemons are also rich in vitamin C, flavonoids, and other antioxidants. They can potentially support the immune system and have other health benefits. Lemons also have a low glycemic index, so they should not cause a rapid rise in blood sugar when consumed in natural form.
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