...and we’re back, after a few weeks, a trip, loads of work and well, yes! new recipes!
This time it’s all about one of Spain's biggest love affair: frutos secos!
And if you don’t get what i mean let me help you: remember all these tiny, mysterious nutshells lying everywhere in town? all those people eating and spitting super-small light-brown woodish thingies? Well... we’re talking about pipas :), the most eaten/spitted thing in the whole of Spain. Don’t ask me why Spaniards love them so much! They simply do.
Anyway, in the fabulous world of frutos secos there’s muuuuch more interesting stuff than pipas. You can check it out in the shops you’ve certainly seen out there, with a huge amount of chips lying in the window’ shop :). In there you’ll really find all kind of dried fruits/nuts: salted, unsalted, caramelized, with honey, peeled or not, toasted and raw. Yes! I really meant ALL-KINDS!! :).
Not to mention how healthy nuts are (i mean raw nuts, not certainly salted or caramelized :P)... I’m preparing different entries about frutos secos, related to all kinds of meals. Today it’s breakfast time and yes, granola is the answer! The lovely thing about granola is that you can basically use the nutshells you prefer, same for dried fruits and seeds. I suggest you to visit a good bio-shop to buy some good cereals and be inspired.
This time it’s all about one of Spain's biggest love affair: frutos secos!
And if you don’t get what i mean let me help you: remember all these tiny, mysterious nutshells lying everywhere in town? all those people eating and spitting super-small light-brown woodish thingies? Well... we’re talking about pipas :), the most eaten/spitted thing in the whole of Spain. Don’t ask me why Spaniards love them so much! They simply do.
Anyway, in the fabulous world of frutos secos there’s muuuuch more interesting stuff than pipas. You can check it out in the shops you’ve certainly seen out there, with a huge amount of chips lying in the window’ shop :). In there you’ll really find all kind of dried fruits/nuts: salted, unsalted, caramelized, with honey, peeled or not, toasted and raw. Yes! I really meant ALL-KINDS!! :).
Not to mention how healthy nuts are (i mean raw nuts, not certainly salted or caramelized :P)... I’m preparing different entries about frutos secos, related to all kinds of meals. Today it’s breakfast time and yes, granola is the answer! The lovely thing about granola is that you can basically use the nutshells you prefer, same for dried fruits and seeds. I suggest you to visit a good bio-shop to buy some good cereals and be inspired.
So, just grab your favorite ones and turn on the oven... :)
Granola:
Granola:
160g mix of corn flakes, rolled oats and puffed rice
50g puffed quinoa
50g flax seeds
100g raw, peeled almonds
50g raw, peeled hazelnuts
150g dried blackberries
100ml sunflower oil
50ml maple syrup
Preheat the oven to 150°C. Place all the dried ingredients BUT the blackberries into a large bowl, then pour the oil and maple syrup over and stir until combined. Put into a large baking sheet or two and bake for 40 minutes, stirring every now and then. Let it cool, then add the blackberries.
Keep in an airtight box; it’s PERFECT with yoghurt, but it gets along very well also with a good cup of milk :).
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