What do you eat for breakfast?
“Toasted muesli, Greek
yoghurt, honey and milk and sliced fruit.”
Tom,
Queensland, Australia
Tropical toasted museli
Driving around Queensland, I was delighted to find farmstands everywhere. Ripe, fragrant tropical fruits were abundant; mangoes, papaya, bananas, pineapples, not to mention fruits I'd never encountered before, such as sapote and lucuma. I even met a pair of hitchhikers who had spent the previous six months climbing palms and selling coconuts to tourists at the Daintree National Park.
Muesli, originally a Swiss invention, has taken on a life of it's own in Australia. It is immensely popular with fruit and yoghurt, and is also sometimes sold at bakeries, pressed into a "slice." Here, we infuse it with the sunny flavours of Queensland. I imagine this would be especially delicious with yoghurt and passionfruit pulp!
2 cups plain oats
1/2 cup banana chips, broken
up
1/4 cup dried papaya, cut
into bite sized pieces
1/4 cup dried pineapple, cut
into bite sized pieces
1/2 cup desiccated coconut
2/3 cup dry roasted
macadamias, coarsely chopped
2/3 cup pineapple juice
1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil
2 teaspoons honey
A large pinch of salt
1. Preheat your oven to 300°F (150°C).
2. Combine all ingredients and mix thoroughly.
3. On a baking sheet, spread the mixture so it makes one
even layer.
4. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
Allow
the museli to cool, and then transfer to a nice jar or container.
