Ingredients
- Serves 4
- 150g rolled oats
- 200 ml apple juice
- 75g dried cherries, apricots or raisins
- 1 lemon, juice
- 2 apples, grated
- 100ml natural yoghurt
- 25g flaked almonds or lightly crushed hazelnuts, toasted
- 50g fresh or frozen fruit (apples, berries)
- 2–4 Tbsp honey
BIRCHER MUESLI
Method
- Place the oats in a dry fry pan and lightly toast over moderate to high heat
- Remove and place into a bowl and add half berries and dried fruit in a bowl and pour over the apple juice and the lemon juice
- Leave in the fridge for 2 hours or overnight
- The next morning, peel, core and grate 1 apple and slice the other one if desired
- Into the oat mix, stir in the nuts, yoghurt, almonds and grated apple
- (The muesli will keep in the fridge for a few days, but don’t stir in the apple until you plan to eat it or it will discolour and can go fizzy in flavour) Transfer the muesli into bowls and top with apple slices and berries; drizzle with honey to
Comments
Some of us may be new to eating oats like this, but it’s well worth the little effort as this will set you up for the day and it is scrummy!
Thanks to ROSEDALE ORCHARD for providing the juice, and to BRIDGE HILL for the dried fruits used in the cooking demonstration at the Otago Farmers Market
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