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Yogurt dessert with a delicious topping

Written by Published on Updated on May 25, 2019 in Dessert

Sometimes, I enjoy eating a nice bowl of yogurt in the evening, I have tried most of the yogurts that are sold in the supermarkets but they are to sour for me.  Butttt the market I have close by has finally placed on their refrigerator shelves Original Greek Yogurt. I was truly happy with this discovery, because I kind of gave up on eating yogurt a couple of months ago and was definitely not happy about this. 

Anyway, I love to add different toppings like honey and walnuts, or fruits instead of eating plain yogurt.  I wanted to share a completely different recipe topping with you which I found a few years ago while watching one of the cooking shows.  I thought to myself that this was just an absolute must try.  It is scrumptious!!! 

So, if you like to live dangerously, and by this I  mean trying new flavors/tastes then this topping will completely astonish you with the variation of dried fruits simmered with Vanilla, Cinnamon and a few more extra ingredients. 🙂

YOGURT DESSERT WITH A DELICIOUS TOPPING

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Ingredients
  

  • 350 grams Water
  • 200 grams Sugar
  • 300 grams Yogurt 3 servings
  • 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 1 Cinnamon Stick
  • 4 Lemon Peels
  • 3 Orange Peels
  • 5 pieces of dried Figs sliced
  • 5 pieces of dried Apricots sliced

Instructions
 

  • In a small sauce pan add water, and sugar, boil on medium to high heat.
  • When the water and sugar start to boil add in the Cinnamon stick, Vanilla extract, Lemon and Orange peels.
  • Add in the dried fruits and boil for 1/2 hour and until sugar and water have thicken.
  • Top your favorite plain yogurt with this topping. You can use any type of dried fruit you like eating, I used figs and apricots because that’s what I had in my pantry. 🙂

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

18 Comments

  1. Tasty Eats Ronit Penso
    February 22, 2018 at 3:31 pm  ·  Reply

    What a great way to serve yogurt! The topping looks so tasty and fragrant.:)

  2. Karin, theaustriandish
    February 22, 2018 at 4:42 pm  ·  Reply

    That looks absolutely mouthwatering! The longer I look at the picture the more I’m convinced that I have to go the grocery store to buy greek yogurt and all the other ingredients 🙂

  3. dtills
    February 22, 2018 at 6:30 pm  ·  Reply

    Oh, figs! They are only in season for such a short time here-but I do try to eat as many as I can. This looks great Sophie 🙂

  5. jyo
    February 23, 2018 at 9:30 am  ·  Reply

    This looks beyond amazing, wish I could savour it😊

  6. Diana Tyler (Eccentric Muse)
    February 23, 2018 at 4:53 pm  ·  Reply

    My goodness! What are you doing to my palate? 😋

  7. da-AL
    February 24, 2018 at 6:34 am  ·  Reply

    mouthwatering just to look at!

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