Raw apple overnight muesli

ingredients

• • 120 gram large rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup fresh apple juice
  • 1 cup natural yoghurt
  • 2 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
  • 3 large red apples (try Splendour, Braeburn or Kempton)

• To serve

  • 1/2 cup thickened cream
  • 1/2 cup natural yoghurt
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries
  • 1 cup Brazil nuts, roughly sliced (or use almonds)
  • raw honey or honeycomb

method

• • 1

    In a medium bowl, mix together oats, milk, apple juice, yoghurt, lemon juice and sunflower seeds.

  • 2

    Grate the apples whole and discard the core. Stir the grated apples into the muesli mix, cover and chill overnight.

  • 3

    In the morning, fold in the cream, yoghurt and dried cranberries. Sprinkle with Brazil nuts, sweeten with a little honey if needed, and serve. Leftover muesli will keep for two or three days in the fridge.

notes

Muesli was created by Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner in the early 1900s. His original recipe was used to give his patients a healthy alternative to the normal cooked breakfasts.