Healthy granola with berry compôte
Making your own healthy granola is surprisingly easy, and cheap! Dr Rupy's recipe tastes great with berry compôte and yoghurt, and it's well under £1 per portion. Customise it with whatever nuts, seeds and dried fruits you need to use up in the cupboard.
Use the egg yolks for a batch of Mary Berry's custard.or a rich crème brûlée.
Each serving provides 377 kcal, 12g protein, 54g carbohydrate (of which 30g sugars), 11g fat (of which 3g saturates), 7g fibre and 0.2g salt.
Ingredients
For the healthy granola
- 3 free-range egg whites
- 60²µ/2¼´Ç³ú honey
- 2 oranges, finely grated zest only (reserve the juice for the compôte)
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon or mixed spice
- 150²µ/5½´Ç³ú rolled oats
- 75g/2½oz puffed rice (cornflakes or bran flakes)
- 75g/2½oz mixed seeds
- 150²µ/5½´Ç³ú raisins
- pinch salt
For the compôte
- 350g/12oz frozen mixed berries
- 2 oranges, juice only
To serve
- 150²µ/5½´Ç³ú Greek yoghurt (per serving)
Method
Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4.
To make the granola, whisk the egg whites, honey, orange zest, cinnamon or mixed spice and salt together in a large bowl. Add the oats, puffed rice and seeds and stir together, making sure everything is evenly coated.
Tip the mixture onto a large, non-stick baking tray and bake for 30 minutes. Add the raisins, give everything a good stir, then bake for a further 10 minutes.
Remove from the oven and leave to cool completely. When the granola is cool, scrunch it with your hands to break up any large pieces.
Meanwhile, combine the compôte ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a simmer, then cook gently for 10 minutes until reduced and syrupy. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.
Serve the granola with the yoghurt and compôte.
Recipe Tips
The granola will keep, in an airtight container, for two weeks.
You can swap the rice pops for cornflakes or bran flakes.
Raisins tend to be the cheapest dried fruit, but you can use a mixture. Try chopped dried apricots, figs or cranberries.
If you’re avoiding dairy, swap the yoghurt for a soya or coconut alternative.