April 1st
2005
Yogurts come in all types, shapes and tastes. The one we like the best is the one we get right across the street at the Greek grocery store. Is it rich? It sure is. Do I care? Nope. It is so good, you could even eat it without anything. Sometimes we mix in seasonal fruits, other times we just top it with some self-made marmalade. Yesterday morning, however, we recalled a nice variation we had a pretty long while ago at a coffee place with the ambiguous name "Schmock" up in Schwabing (a district of Munich). So we scraped together a good handful of various nuts (almonds, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, sesame, pistachios, pine, pecans or walnuts) and roasted them. Made layers of yogurt and honey and added the nuts -still warm- on top. Sweet stuff. O.
A few days ago, we came by a luscious and ripe pineapple, which immediately made it into our shopping basket. Distracted by other things, we completely forgot about it until yesterday. So roughly 10 hours after having yogurt for breakfast - this would be part II then - the pineapple became the center of our attention again. Inspired by a Jamie Oliver recipe and with the yogurt leftovers from the morning an idea was born. We cut the pineapple into pieces and caramelized them with some icing sugar in a pan until they got light brown. Regarding mint-sugar: since we didn't have any fresh mint (as Jamie's recipe suggests) at home, I decided to give basil a try. I ground a few basil leaves with sugar in a mortar, then added half of the scented sugar to the yogurt. Took a little bowl and arranged the now slightly green yogurt with the pineapple pieces in layers. Sprinkled some basil-sugar on top. I liked it so much, we will definitely have it again.
There don't seem to be many food combinations left to explore, that haven't yet been tried somewhere, sometime. I am familar with basil-lime sorbet, but basil-sugar and/or basil-sugar-yogurt I haven't heard of yet! If you have, drop me a line :)
Breakfast Yogurt
Recipe source: inspired by a breakfast variation at cafe "Schmock", see link above
Required time: about 10 minutes
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Ingredients:
honey
Greek yogurt
nuts (like sliced almonds, pecans, walnuts, pistacios, pine)
seeds (like pumpkin, sunflower)
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Greek Yogurt & Pineapple
Recipe source: inspired by "Pineapple with Bashed-up Mint Sugar" from Jamie Oliver, see link above, adapted
Required time: about 15 minutes
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Ingredients:
fresh pineapple
icing sugar
Greek yogurt
sugar
fresh basil leaves
mmm! pineapple sounds so good around here- im with anne though, i still havent found a worthy pineapple yet. i do love greek yogurt- just plain with a bit of cinnamon sugar but ill have to try out the mint (and basil) sugar- it sounds odd but im sure its good. it IS sugar after all!
I am so enjoying your blog. This post is wonderful and your photos are great.
It is making my mental tastebuds stand up. I have to try it!
Your blog is lovely.
I love Pineapple! I will try out this recipe in the weekend. BWT you have a very lovely website, I will come back for some more yummy recipes....
Great job!
Greets Paula
Just going through your archives...I'm Greek-American & I love Greek yoghurt. We usually eat it with just honey, or honey & walnuts...maybe a sprinkle of sugar if honey can't be found.
Basil-sugar! Wow...I didn't see that combination coming. If I'm daring, I'll have to git it a try....Thanksk for the idea & continue with the blog... I've been a devoted reader for a while now.
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What is Greek yogurt? How is different from yogurt?
Hi Confused Chinese,
Greek yogurt is much richer (~10% fat) than normal yogurt & firmer in consistency. And for some reason I also feel it has less acidity - hope this makes sense.
Do you have the original Jamie Oliver recipe for Pineapple Curry? Have been searching but can't find it anywhere. Promised to make it for "Father's Day".
Hello Betty, is this what you were looking for? Hope it helps :)
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I had greek yogurt for the 1st time this evening and it was heavenly, but what really made it incredible was the sour cherry sauce that was poured over it. The sauce was not too sweet, and the soft cherries were chewy and tart. I would love to know how to make Sour Cherry Sauce if you have a good recipe for it that you can share...
Thank You!
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Ah, I'll have to try that! Jamies mint-sugar is a real staple here whenever I find a worthy pineapple - you really must try it when you get your hands om some fresh mint! It gives a really delicious twist to the pineapple!