🇨🇭 Switzerland recipe

Birchermuesli

Created around 1900 by Swiss physician Dr. Maximilian Bircher-Benner at his Zurich clinic as a health food for his patients, Birchermuesli is now enjoyed worldwide but rarely made according to the original recipe. The genuine version is not the dry granola of modern invention but a creamy, fresh preparation where oats are soaked overnight and combined with grated apple, lemon juice, condensed milk, and hazelnuts. It is light, nourishing, and refreshing.

Prep15 mins + overnight soaking
CookNone
Serves4
Difficultyeasy
Birchermuesli, a Switzerland dish

Ingredients

  • 200g rolled oats (not instant)
  • 200ml water
  • 3 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 4 medium crisp apples (such as Gala or Braeburn), unpeeled
  • 100g hazelnuts or almonds, coarsely chopped
  • 200g natural yogurt
  • 100ml heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons honey (optional)
  • Fresh berries for topping (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries)

Method

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Nutrition per serving

Calories
320
Protein
10 g
Carbs
48 g
Fat
10 g

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