Tuesday, April 13, 2010

The Best Low Carb Cheesecake Recipe - Delicious and Healthy

The first step in is always the hardest some say - same can be said when you are doing a low carb diet and are trying to significantly reduce the amount of calories you are eating. If you have been looking for tasty and healthy recipes for your diet with no success - then this low carb cheesecake recipe is worth trying out, as it contains little carbohydrates.


In your many fruitless attempts to look for the perfect recipes, you might have come across some low carb cheesecake recipes - but this particular low carb cheesecake recipe is guaranteed to tingle your taste buds like never before. Being dubbed as the cheesecake to-die-for, the definitive New York style cheesecake with Brazil nut crust is a heavenly treat for both the mind and body - as it contains very little carbohydrates.


To make the crust of this tasty cheesecake, you will need to prepare 2 cups of raw Brazil nuts, 4 tablespoons of unsalted butter, 2 teaspoons of brown Sugar Twin, a teaspoon of cinnamon and a pinch of salt. Whereas for the filling, prepare 2.5 lbs. of cream cheese kept at room temperature, 5 tablespoons of granular Splenda, 5 tablespoons of granular Sugar Twin, 1/2 cup of sour cream, 2 teaspoon of freshly-juiced lemon, 2 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract, 2 egg yolks and 6 whole eggs - large one preferably.


The next step is you should have the oven preheated to 350F and line the bottom of at least 9-inch spring form pan with parchment paper. The paper is an important step to this low carb cheesecake recipe, so make sure you do this in order. If you skip this step, you will have an irremovable cheesecake that's stuck on the pan.


Have the raw nuts roasted for about 15 minutes while you melt the butter. After done roasting them, move them to the food processor until you get finely chopped nuts. Then add the rest of the ingredients for the crust inside and combine them until they are mixed well. Pour them evenly in the bottom of the spring form pan and put in the refrigerator.


For the filling, raise the temperature of the oven to 400F. Beat the cream cheese and put in different bowl, add sweeteners, the sour cream, vanilla and lemon juice and beat until they mixed well. Add the yolks and eggs two at a time and beat until mixed well. Pour the filling over the crust and put on the pan and have it baked for ten minutes. Reduce the temperature to 350ºF and bake until done for 2 hours.


Enjoy your delicious cheesecake made from the best low carb cheesecake recipe.
Jessica Tanady loves to write articles since 4 years ago, both offline and online. While she's keen on topics of beauty, fitness and weight loss, she has demonstrated her writing skills on a wide array of topics. Visit her latest articles on senseo coffee makers which reviews and discuss about single serve coffee maker.

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