Well welcome to 2017! After sliiiiightly over-doing the eating over Christmas, I couldn't quite face another cake or greasy spoon this morning. On a much needed Starbucks run after a bitterly cold and early start, I picked up this cinnamon spiced apple bircher. This bircher was made up of Greek style yoghurt with oats, apple and cinnamon-spiced winter compote. On top of the bircher there was a hefty topping of sultanas, pumpkin seeds, roasted apples & pears.
As usual the bircher was much more filling than it looked due to the thick and creamy Greek yoghurt. Apple was the most prominent fruit throughout the bircher with plenty of shredded pieces along with the oats. Being a over of cinnamon I was slightly disappointed at how mild the flavour was, however I could detect it in the sweet roasted fruit toppings. I was also impressed with the generous amount of pumpkin seeds and sultanas that were on top as these added both a crunchiness and juiciness to the overall texture.
Overall I did enjoy this winter themed breakfast. I think that this bircher could have been improved by adding slightly more spices, however the combination of the apple flavour with the pumpkin seeds, sultanas and roasted fruit means that this is a convenient little breakfast that I would pick up again. The oats were very small but still required chewing and when paired with a hot, milky drink this ended up being a sweet and creamy morning snack.
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