The Original Dr Bircher Muesli
July 8th, 2011. Posted by Dave
By popular demand, we give you Neil’s Bircher Muesli recipe out of his book ‘The Food I Love’.
Bircher Muesli was originally created as part of a therapy by Swiss physician Dr Bircher-Benner way back in 1900.. If only everything good for you tasted this good as well!
Perfect weekend breaky material, we reckon!
The Original Dr Bircher Muesli
A good friend, Greg Fraser, passed this recipe on to me many years ago, and now Sam and I have it almost every day. It is very simple and good for lowering cholesterol levels. You can have any furit you like with it; we tend to have fresh berries in summer, and either poached quinces or pears during the rest of the year. A really good yoghurt, such as a sheep’s milk yoghurt, will make the muesli taste even better, though taste as you go and adjust the lemon juice a little to balance the yoghurt’s sharpness.
Serves 4
Ingredients
200g rolled oats
Juice of 2 lemons
2 sour green apples, such as Granny Smith
500g plain yoghurt
150g honey
Poached fruit, such as poached pears, or fresh fruit, to serve
40g roasted hazelnuts, skinned and crushed, to serve
Method
The night before, mix the oats, lemon juice and 125ml water together in a bowl. Cover and soak overnight.
In the morning, grate the apples, with their skin on, and add to the bowl of soaked oats. Add the yoghurt and honey and mix together well. Divide the muesli among four bowls, top with your fruit selection and sprinkle with the hazelnuts.
From ‘The Food I Love’ by Neil Perry, Murdoch Books.
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Any hints on the best sheep’s milk yoghurt in Sydney?
Hi Phoebe
We like Meredith sheeps milk youghurt – you can buy it at Simon Johnson or at Harris Farm Markets…