Monday, July 23, 2018

Olive Oil & Maple Granola

If you can stir, you can make this granola. Oats and whatnot go in a bowl (stir), then go into the oven (stir, stir, stir). Granola!

In this granola from Nekisia Davis of Early Bird Foods, olive oil, maple, brown sugar,
and salt form a rich, shaggy crust on a wholesome mix of oats, pecans, coconut shards, and various seeds. It leans sweet, but olive oil gives it a savory backbone in a way vegetable oil (the granola standard and a wallflower among oils) never could. Salt keeps it from being cloying.
Both Davis’s products and her recipe quickly garnered fans in high places. Martha Stewart was one of the first. Then Melissa Clark. Then Daniel Humm, who not only told GQ magazine it was one of his favorite things, but also began producing a version of Davis’s recipe in the kitchen of Eleven Madison Park to distribute en masse. Other overachieving restaurants will offer a parting gift of a bundle of chocolate truffles or pâtes de fruit, but Humm (a chef known for his sea urchin cappuccino, suckling pig tasting menu, and three Michelin stars) sends every diner home with a jar of low-tech granola smattered with pistachios and dried sour cherries, very much like Early Bird’s Jubilee flavor. It’s a rare moment of homespun joy in a night of impossible excess—and a testament to how high Davis’s recipe has raised the bar.
Makes about 7 cups (1.7L)
3 cups (300g) rolled oats
1 cup (130g) hulled raw pumpkin seeds
1 cup (140g) hulled raw sunflower seeds
1 cup (60g) unsweetened coconut chips
1¼ cups (125g) raw pecans, left whole or coarsely chopped
¾ cup (180ml) pure maple syrup
½ cup (120ml) extra-virgin olive oil
½ cup (110g) packed light brown sugar
Coarse salt
1 Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).
2 Put the oats, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, coconut, pecans, maple syrup, olive oil, brown sugar, and 1 teaspoon salt in a large bowl and mix until well combined. Spread the granola mixture in an even layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake, stirring every 10 to 15 minutes, until the granola is toasted, about 45 minutes.

3 Remove the granola from the oven and season with more salt to taste. Let cool completely before serving or storing in an airtight container for up to 1 month
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