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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.
45 min.
Easy
12 people
8 IngredientsLast modified on: October 13th 2013
For 12 people, you will need:
- 1
450 ml raspberries - 2
6 tablespoons caster sugar - 3
6 tablespoons whisky - 4
750 ml rolled oats - 5 12 tablespoons caster sugar
- 6
600 ml Chantilly cream - 7 600 ml whisky
- 8
300 ml honey
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 30 min.
Cooking: 15 min.
All in all: 45 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 4 min.
Put 450 ml raspberries into a bowl, sprinkle 6 tablespoons caster sugar and 6 tablespoons whisky over then set aside.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).
Spread 750 ml rolled oats out on a baking sheet, sprinkle with 12 tablespoons caster sugar and put in the oven.
Spread 750 ml rolled oats out on a baking sheet, sprinkle with 12 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 300 ml honey in 600 ml whisky (preferably Scottish) over low heat.
Serve immediately.
Prepare some hot whisky with honey by melting 300 ml honey in 600 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
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 80 RDI=30 % | 670 RDI=60 % | 610 RDI=90 % | 10,100 RDI=510 % | 42,300 RDI: 510 % |
| Per 100 g | 3 RDI=1 % | 30 RDI=2 % | 20 RDI=4 % | 390 RDI=20 % | 1,620 RDI: 20 % |
| Per person | 6 RDI=3 % | 60 RDI=5 % | 50 RDI=8 % | 840 RDI=40 % | 3,530 RDI: 40 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 20.90 €
- Per person : 1.75 €
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This recipe uses (among others)
Chantilly cream
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Warm apple feuillantines, Rum babas, Individual charlottes with morello cherries, Ice-cream Vacherin, Key Lime Pie for Jeremy, ... See them all 30
Raspberries
Like these other recipes: Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis, Raspberry tart, Framboisier, Raspberry sorbet, Raspberry muffins, ... See them all 6
Rolled oats
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Honey
Like these other recipes: Nougat, Gingerbread, Chocolate madeleines, Hazelnut and orange cake, Panettone, ... See them all 9
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