Homemade Granola, with thanks to David Lebovitz
Lately I've been following David Lebovitz on Facebook and Twitter, and reading his blog. He's a delightful American food writer, living in Paris. He recently posted a granola recipe that uses applesauce, or another fruit puree, as a substitute for a lot of the oil that usually goes into granola. Since going gluten free, I've wanted to make granola, using certified gluten free oats. So last night, I did.
I started by making the applesauce, using organic Braeburn apples, skins, seeds and all, roughly chopped, and tossed in a pot with a little water. I simmered them until they were very soft, and plopped them into my food mill. Yay for the food mill! It removed the seeds and skins with ease, and left me with a lovely, thick, unsweetened fruit puree.
Ooooh . . .
I didn't follow Mr. Lebovitz's recipe to the letter - I used what I had on hand: a few pepitas, some walnuts, lots of almonds and maple syrup instead of rice syrup. The applesauce-instead-of-lots-of-oil is genius - the resulting product is light and just sweet enough. I ate it this morning with extra apple sauce and homemade greek style yogurt. So good!
Lately I've been following David Lebovitz on Facebook and Twitter, and reading his blog. He's a delightful American food writer, living in Paris. He recently posted a granola recipe that uses applesauce, or another fruit puree, as a substitute for a lot of the oil that usually goes into granola. Since going gluten free, I've wanted to make granola, using certified gluten free oats. So last night, I did.
I started by making the applesauce, using organic Braeburn apples, skins, seeds and all, roughly chopped, and tossed in a pot with a little water. I simmered them until they were very soft, and plopped them into my food mill. Yay for the food mill! It removed the seeds and skins with ease, and left me with a lovely, thick, unsweetened fruit puree.
Ooooh . . .
I didn't follow Mr. Lebovitz's recipe to the letter - I used what I had on hand: a few pepitas, some walnuts, lots of almonds and maple syrup instead of rice syrup. The applesauce-instead-of-lots-of-oil is genius - the resulting product is light and just sweet enough. I ate it this morning with extra apple sauce and homemade greek style yogurt. So good!
6 comments:
you know what? this morning i decided to make david's granola so i just returned from shopping for all the ingredients and sat in front of my comp with a cup of tea, and then i see that you've made it!
i'm making it because i like the fruit puree instead of oil too, and i'm subbing bananas instead...
:-)
Hi Priya! How funny is that? There must be people all over the world making David's granola! Let me know how the banana works out . . .
had it this morning. this is very very good stuff. the sort of thing one keeps munching all day.
Yes, it is! Glad your batch came out well. I have to be careful to not eat too much at once.
glad you liked it!
David, thanks for stopping by!
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