Cranachan
Cranachan is a traditional Scottish dessert made with whipped cream, raspberries, rolled oats and whisky.
In this recipe, the oats are made into a nougatine before being incorporated into the cream.
In this recipe, the oats are made into a nougatine before being incorporated into the cream.
Last modified on: October 13th 2013
Keywords for this recipe:For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
150 g raspberries - 2
2 tablespoons caster sugar - 3
2 tablespoons whisky - 4
100 g rolled oats - 5 4 tablespoons caster sugar
- 6
200 ml Chantilly cream - 7 200 ml whisky
- 8
100 ml honey - Total weight: 870 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 27 min. | 15 min. | 42 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 4 min.
Put 150 g raspberries into a bowl, sprinkle 2 tablespoons caster sugar and 2 tablespoons whisky over then set aside.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).
Spread 100 g rolled oats out on a baking sheet, sprinkle with 4 tablespoons caster sugar and put in the oven.
Spread 100 g rolled oats out on a baking sheet, sprinkle with 4 tablespoons caster sugar and put in the oven.
Stage 3 - 15 min.
Leave the sugar to caramelize in the oven to make the oat nougatine.
Stage 4 - 3 min.
When this is golden brown, remove from the oven and break up into coarse crumbs.
Set aside.
Set aside.
Stage 5 - 5 min.
Begin assembling the dessert: put a layer of Chantilly (whipped cream) in the bottom of each glass.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Add a layer of raspberries and scatter some nougatine on top.
Stage 7 - 7 min.
Repeat this operation, finishing with a layer of whipped cream. Decorate with a raspberry and a pinch of nougatine.
Prepare some hot whisky with honey by melting 100 ml honey in 200 ml whisky (preferably Scottish) over low heat.
Serve immediately.
Prepare some hot whisky with honey by melting 100 ml honey in 200 ml whisky (preferably Scottish) over low heat.
Serve immediately.
And to drink?
A small glass of whisky with honey.
Keeping
Should be served immediately.
Source
After Nick Nairn.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,633 Kcal or 11,024 Kj | 22 gr | 193 gr | 136 gr |
| 132 % | 8 % | 18 % | 21 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 303 Kcal or 1,269 Kj | 2 gr | 22 gr | 16 gr |
| 15 % | 1 % | 2 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 658 Kcal or 2,755 Kj | 5 gr | 48 gr | 34 gr |
| 33 % | 2 % | 5 % | 5 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 6.97 €
- Per person : 1.74 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberry Charlotte, Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs, Pear verbena tarts, Chantilly rice pudding, Bavaroise cream, ... All |
 | Raspberries: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Framboisier, Raspberry muffins, Double raspberry tartlets, Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis, Raspberry sorbet, ... All |
 | Honey: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Nonettes, Chocolate madeleines, Hazelnut and orange cake, Confit Victoria pineapple with honey and spices, Amandier (gluten-free almond cake), ... All |
 | Rolled oats: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chocolate cereal bars, Oat financiers for Louise, Oatmeal cake, Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies, Granola, ... All |
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- Hi JH, That sure looks good. I've never heard of Cranachan before. Just look at what I've been missing, lol...Thank you so much for sharing...Posted by Louise october 14th 2013 at 03:39 (n° 1)
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