Over recent decades the Dr Pierre Dukan’s diet has been among the most popular ways to lose weight (claimed by thousands of people).
How does it work?
We have chosen ten dessert recipes, which were allowed to be included in the mentioned above diet.
Franziska Spritzler warns on healthline.com to be careful though. Since those desserts work only for 2d, 3d and 4th phases, almost all, but apart from the 1st one – “ The Attack”.
Protein days
All soon to be mentioned desserts could be eaten anytime during all phases, except for “The Attack” one.
Lemon pie
Ingredients
- 300 ml cold water
- 1 sweetener
- 1 lemon
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 eggs
Instructions
- Whisk yolks with the sweetener. Add water, juice and zest.
- Place the mix on a water bath, boil on a low heat until it thickens. Turn off the heat.
- Sprinkle salt, add whites, the sweetener (if necessary) and whisk it until you start to feel the thick cream.
- Combine tour whites with the previously made warm substance. Pour everything into the baking tin (about 25 cm) and leave it to bake on 180 degrees until it gets that perfect brown colour.
Tea sorbet
Ingredients
- 100 ml water
- 1 lemon juice
- 2 tbsp green tea
- 4 mint leaves
- 300 g nonfat cottage cheese
Instructions
- Boil 100 ml of water, add both green tea and the mint. Let it brew. Afterwards, pour that into a blender, add cottage cheese as well. Blend thoroughly.
- Leave it in the freezer for 2 hours, but do not forget about taking it out from time to time and mixing the newly formed ice.
- A few minutes before serving, put it in the refrigerator.
Gingery cream
Ingredients
- 200 ml nonfat milk
- 200 g nonfat cottage cheese
- 1 truestar anisetree
- 1 vanilla pod
- 1 yolk
- 1/2 tbsp cinnamon
- 2 tbsp sweetener
- 1 clove
Instructions
- Boil the milk with spices.
- Whisk the yolk with any sugar substitute until the mixture turns white.
- Whisk the yolk with any sugar substitute until the mixture turns white. Slowly pour the yolk into the milk, while continuing to stir. Boil for 12 minutes on a low heat.
- Afterwards, you need to filter out the spices, add cottage cheese and leave all of that in the refrigerator. Serve it chilled.
Protein-vegetable days
Cheesecake
Ingredients
- 5 tbsp nonnfat cottage cheese
- 2 tbsp corn starch
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp sweetener/sugar tablets
- 2 egg yolk
5 egg whites
Instructions
- Blend cottage cheese, the starch, yolks, the sweetener and lemon juice until you get the creamy substance.
- Separately whisk your whites and fill with them your cottage cheese, using the wooden baker’s shovel.
- Pour the mixture into the baking tin and bake for 20-30 minutes (depends on the pie thickness) in the oven at 200 degrees.
- Let it chill for a while. Finally, serve the cold pie.
Chocolate whip
Ingredients
- 125 g nonfat cottage cheese
- 3 tbsp water
6 whites
- 125 g dietary chocolate
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tsp instant coffee
Instructions
- In a small bowl, you have to mix water, some chocolate pieces and coffee altogether.
- Melt it on the water bath.
- Afterwards, you should combine the chocolate substance with cottage cheese, pour into ordinary glasses or martini ones.
- Leave them in the fridge for 2 hours.
Oatmeal cookies
Ingredients
- 6 tbsp oat brans
- 2 tbsp milk powder
- 4 tbsp corn starch
- 5 g baking powder
- 40 ml milk
- 200 ml nonfat yoghurt
- Sugar substitute to taste
Instructions
- Combine the yoghurt with milk, then rub with spoon.
- Add all dry ingredients.
- Take the baking paper, place it on the baking tin and with a help of teaspoon pour your recently made substance all over the mentioned above baking utensil.
- Bake for 20 minutes at 175 degrees.
Yoghurt dessert
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 200 g nonfat cottage cheese
- 50 g corn starch
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Whisk your yolks with the sweetener, yoghurt, the starch and the chosen flavour.
- Separately whisk the whites with a pinch of salt.
- Combine everything, pour the mixture into the baking tin (10 cm) and bake for 25 minutes at 210 degrees.
Spring pie
Ingredients
- 500 g nonfat cottage cheese
- 1 tbsp nonfat milk
- 2 eggs
- 50 g sorrel
- 50 g basil
- Pinch of cinnamon, salt
Instructions
- Mince the greens.
- Use your mixer to whisk cottage cheese, milk and eggs.
- Add the greens, salt and cinnamon.
- Pour the result into the baking pan and bake it for 30 minutes at 180 degrees. This dessert is best served hot.
Chocolate kiss
Ingredients
3 egg whites
- 2 tsp cacao
- 6 tbsp sweetener
- 2 tbsp instant coffee
Instructions
- Whisk the whites until you see the foam formed.
- Little by little add there the sweetener, which has been already mixed with both cacao and coffee.
- Continue whisking for 30 more seconds. Put the baking paper on the baking tray, form some kisses and bake for 20 minutes at 150 degrees.
Summary
Pierre Dukan is one of the most-read authors in France and abroad. He is the author of 19 books, translated into 25 languages with over 11 million copies sold.
After 40 years helping over 40,000 patients, Pierre Dukan now devotes his time entirely to the fight against obesity around the world by further developing and promoting the method.
His dessert recipes will be a right decision to try, because, as we know, desserts make us feel happier sometimes.
