Summer Fruit Breakfast Yoghurt with Oats

Summer bliss in a glass

 

Enjoying the most wonderful summer heat wave – much too nice to stay indoors and blog regularly…..or cook for that matter….

Usually my idea of a prefect weekends involves pancakes for breakfast, but with this weather I hardly want to stand over a hot stove, endlessly flipping pancakes. Thankfully this fabulously summery dish crossed my path: some fruits stewed with orange and then layered with honey sweetened yoghurt and roasted oats.

The magic in this dish is the contrast of flavours and textures: tart fruit topped with gently sweet smooth yoghurt and crunchy oats.

The original recipe involved a few more steps (and calories): some cream whipped stiff with golden sugar that is folded into the yoghurt and finally some cookies crumbled over the top of it all. But I kept it a little simpler – as this treat is all about enjoying the summer.

 

Ingredients
(a little altered from Albert Heijn ‘Jools Schotse Zondag‘)
Serves 2

250g mixed frozen summer fruits (blueberries, strawberries, raspberries etc)
1 twig of fresh rosemary
2-3 tbsp honey
1/2 an orange
optional: 1-2 tbsp butter
100g oats
100g Greek Yoghurt 0% fat
Recipe

1. Place frozen fruit, rosemary and 1/2 tbsp of the honey in a little pan.
2. Grate in the orange peel and stir in juice.
3. Bring to the boil. After a few minutes, when the fruit is soft and has released some juice, use a slotted spoon to remove the fruit and allow it to cool.
4. Discard the rosemary and allow the sauce to cook a little longer and thicken. Add to the fruit.
5. In a separate pan melt the butter (if using) and add oats and 1 tbsp of honey. Cook stirring regularly until the oats have turned golden.
6. Stir the remaining tbsp of honey into the yoghurt.
7. Layer the glasses with fruit, yoghurt, oats (repeat layers). Finish with a little fruit and/or oats.

Tips & Variations

• Whip 50g cream with some golden sugar until stiff and fold into the yoghurt
• Add some crumbled cookies to the layers

 

…and now off to have summer adventures…

• breakfast
• fruit
• gluten free
• grains
• healthy
• vegetarian