Bircher Muesli

[Lmcgrath87]

Has anyone got a good recipe/combo they use for this? I tried to today and it was AMAZING, so want to make my own.

[Machpoint005]

In a box from Aldi.

[Lmcgrath87]

In a box from Aldi.

I am going past an aldi later - does it have raisins in it though? Because I hate raisins....

[DHutch]

I normally just go for full fat, none homogenised, milk. But isnt the point that you can out what you like into it?

 

Daniel

[Machpoint005]

I am going past an aldi later - does it have raisins in it though? Because I hate raisins....

 

'Fraid so - and sultanas. Also dates, pineapple and pawpaw (papaya). By coincidence I happen to have read the ingredients on a new box this morning.

Forgot dried banana flakes and all the cereals.

[Lmcgrath87]

 

'Fraid so - and sultanas. Also dates, pineapple and pawpaw (papaya). By coincidence I happen to have read the ingredients on a new box this morning.

Forgot dried banana flakes and all the cereals.

 

I don't like sultanas either I shall have a look when I am there later though. But maybe I shall just make my own, It was so delicious.

[angeldust]

Not knowing what Bircher Muesli is as compared to Alpen etc I went for a look - link to article - http://www.zora.uzh.ch/40410/1/Wolff_Bircher-Benner.pdf

 

Original recipe - 1 tbsp Rolled oats left to soak in 3 tbsp of cold water for 12 hours, 1 tbsp sweetened condensed milk, 1 tbsp of lemon juice, 1 large or 2 small apples, freshly grated with the skin, 1 tbsp of ground hazlenuts or almonds.

 

I presume it all gets mixed in the bowl.

However, since there are several recipes on google (Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson etc.) I suspect there are as many recipes as there are people who make it. - Might be worth getting hold of the creator of your amazing breakfast and asking for their personal concoction.

[Lmcgrath87]

Interesting link! I think I'd use fat free yoghurt rather than condensed milk - I'm going to attempt my own this weekend, seems like the base is fairy consistent - rolled oats, grated apple, apple juice, milk/yoghurt and then you can experiment with the other flavours - i had mango and passion fruit and it was a delight I tell you!

[Bee]

Most ready prepared muesli is horrible, much like the sweepings of the floor of my shed. I just put 4 - 5 tbsp. of rolled oats in a bowl, handful of sultanas, couple of dates if I can find them, handful of bran flakes and whatever milk is in the fridge. Must go, need to visit the loo.

[Machpoint005]

Most ready prepared muesli is horrible, much like the sweepings of the floor of my shed. I just put 4 - 5 tbsp. of rolled oats in a bowl, handful of sultanas, couple of dates if I can find them, handful of bran flakes and whatever milk is in the fridge. Must go, need to visit the loo.

 

Agreed - that's why I recommended the Aldi version.

 

If you're making your own, are you allowed to put crystallised ginger in it? Yum.

[Alan Saunders]

When I was a small child I ate all sorts of things; dog biscuits, raw sugar and even dry oatmeal.

 

My taste has matured and none of the above are included in my diet. Give me a bacon butty with egg and mushrooms rather than the above, unsatisfying breakfast fayre!

 

Alan

[Starcoaster]

It is MUESLI*. Bloody Starbucks being all hipster and cool, calling it bircher after the word fell out of use for decades...

 

* I actually call it cat litter, about the same taste and texture.

 

** I don't like muesli.

[Lmcgrath87]

Finally got round to making a hairy bikers bircher muesli - which I belive is called so because you leave the oats to soak overnight rather than make it up to eat right away.

 

I had porridge, natural yoghurt, milk, grated apple, apple juice and runny honey and topped it with seeds made last night, ate this AM and it was looovely. Made enough for 3 breakfasts too!