Taste.com.au – September 2019

ranolawould
havetobeone
ofmygo-to
breakfast
cereals,andoverthe
yearsI havetriedand
mademyfairshare.
ThefirsttimeI ate
chocolategranola
I questionedif it really
wasforbreakfast,but
howcouldI resistthis
decadence?Evenif
it’sjustfora special
occasionora one-off,
it makesfora pretty
gooddayahead!
It’spackedwith
naughtychocolate
clusters,rolledoats
andcrunchy,toastynuts.
Thesourcranberriesare
theretobalanceoutthe
sweetness– andtobe
honest,I hunttheseout!
Thebestpartis that
thisgranolaalsodoubles
asa cheekysweetsnack
tohelpyouget through
theday.
Sealyournew
favouritebrekkyin an
airtightcontainerforup
totwoweeks– well,
that’s if it lasts that long!

Brown sugar

choc clusters

are the way

to start

the day!

RECIPES

LOUISE KEATS, MICHELLE SOUTHAN

PHOTOGRAPHY

JEREMY SIMONS

STYLING

KRISTEN WILSON

F O OD P R E PA R AT ION

DIXIE ELLIOTT

doublechocchipgranola withcranberries

makes 12 cups (1 cup per serve)|prep |cooking 35 mins

270g(3cups)rolledoats

130g(2cups)shreddedcoconut

145g(1 cup)macadamias,

coarsely chopped

35g(^1 ⁄ 3

80gsolidcoconut oil

125ml(^1 ⁄ 2

100g(^1 ⁄ 2 cup,firmly packed)

brownsugar

2 tspvanillabeanpaste

170gpktdriedcranberries

2 x 200gpktdarkchocolate baking chips

1 tspseasaltflakes

Raspberrycoulis(seetip) and Greek-style yoghurt,

to serve (optional)

1 Preheatovento180°C/160°Cfanforced.

Line2 bakingtrayswithnon-stickbakingpaper.

2 Placerolledoats,coconut,macadamia,almonds

andcocoain a largebowl.Stiruntilwellcombined.

3 Combinetheoil,maplesyrup,sugarandvanilla

in a small saucepan. Cook, stirring occasionally,

overa lowheatuntilmeltedandcombined.

Addtotheoatmixtureandstiruntilwellcoated.

4 Divide mixture among prepared trays, spreading

Whilegranolais stillhot,addthecranberriesto

traysandtossuntilwellcombined.Sprinklewithhalf

thechocolatechips.Setaside,withoutstirring,for

15 minutestomeltchocolatethroughgranola.Place

thetraysin thefridgefor 30 minutesoruntilthe

chocolateis setandgranolahascooledcompletely.

6 Addthesaltandremainingchocolatechips.

Stiruntilcombined.Breakupanylargeclusters.

Servewithraspberrycoulisandyoghurt,if using.

PERSERVE•8.7g protein•39.5gfat (20.2gsaturatedfat)

• 61.2gcarb • 7.5g dietary fibre • 638 Cals (2666kJ)

tip!

Tomakea simplecoulis,combineraspberries

anda littleicingsugarin a saucepan.Bringtotheboil

andcookfor1-2minutesoruntilberriesbreakdown.

Strain and discard seeds then set aside to cool.

secret

ingredient

96 taste magazineSeptember 2019