July 13, 2010

a light summer dinner::birchermüesli

it has been rather hot here and we have been grilling a lot, i got a bit tired of it and so decided to prepare a very typical swiss summer dish, birchermüesli.
i know it's not popular in a lot of places around the globe but i grew up with it and love it.
yogurt-milk-oats-fruit, those are the basic ingredients for it and everything fresh. as of right now we have had it mostly with strawberries, and apples are being used all the time (as they store nicely). this past week red currents came on the market so we got some and now enjoy the slightly sour taste of them in our birchermüesli. this time i had nectarines and pears in our fruit bowl.
it's best to soak the oats with the yogurt and milk for at least 1h, then add the fruit and squeeze a lemon over everything. i also like to add a bit vanilla sugar or essence for taste.
it is served with a fresh loaf of bread and butter! yummy, so refreshing after a hot summer day.


1 comment:

Unknown said...

It was yummy. I think I'm going to make some this week.