Tahini & Honeycomb Granola, Fresh Figs, & Yogurt
 
 
Ingredients
For the granola:
  • 3 Cups whole grain oats (or gluten free oats)
  • 1¼ Cups sliced almonds
  • ½ Cup unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 1 Teaspoon salt
  • ½ Cup ground sesame seeds
  • ¼ Cup almond meal
  • ⅓ Cup egg whites
  • ¼ Cup olive oil
  • 3 Tablespoons wild flower honey (or any variety of honey you enjoy)
  • ½ Tablespoon Tahini
For the yogurt:
Instructions
To make the granola:
  1. Preheat your oven to 350F.
  2. Grind unhulled sesame seeds* using a mortar and pestle until they are pulverized to semi-pulverized. DO NOT fill your mortar with seeds or you won't be able to grind them. Add a small amount of seeds, grind, empty out ground seeds, and continue until you have ½ cup of ground seeds.
  3. Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.
  4. Add your wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix thoroughly until everything is well coated.
  5. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray and lay your granola out over ¾ of the pan.
  6. Press the granola down gently with the back of a spoon. This will help it clump together.
  7. Bake for 20 minutes. Check that the top of your granola is not getting too dark. Bake for another 5-10 minutes. If the granola is getting darker than you want, lay a piece of tinfoil over the top.
  8. Remove from oven and let cool completely.
  9. Once cooled, use a spatula to turn the granola over. It will be in large sheets at this point. Break it up into whatever size chunks your prefer as you turn it over.
  10. Preheat your oven to 350F and bake the granola again for about 10 minutes. If the granola is already as dark as you like it, cover the top of the pan with tinfoil.
  11. Remove from the oven and check for crunchiness. Once cooled the granola should be quite crunchy. If it is not crunchy yet (after it has cooled) bake for another 5-10 minutes.
To construct the yogurt:
  1. Layer yogurt, granola, fresh figs, honeycomb, and freshly ground sesame seeds. Beware, the honeycomb holds a lot of honey, use sparingly.
Notes
*Unhulled are preferable to hulled because they still have the bran intact, which makes them a much better source of calcium, iron, and phosphorus.
Recipe by at https://www.thescratchartist.com/tahini-honeycomb-granola-fresh-figs-yogurt/