Rasta Yoghurt
Prep Time: 10 MINUTES
Whilst living in Dubai, I became good friends with a lady called Orit, a coffee supplier from Ethiopia. She and her family were incredibly kind-hearted and invited me, along with one of my employees, to Addis for a long weekend. We stayed in the Hilton Hotel, with all its striking architecture, including influences from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
We went trekking in the mountains—simply amazing. My employee got into the local khat, an African amphetamine in its raw form. I didn’t partake, as I was a Dubai resident at the time.
These three yogurts came from the red, gold, and green colours representing both the Rastafarian movement and the Ethiopian flag. Either make your own yogurt or buy a Greek-style one. I use raw milk from Proper Cornish Milk.
Ingredients
- 1 litre full fat milk
- 2 tablespoons live cultured yoghurt
- 150g punnet raspberries
- 1 tablespoon beetroot powder
- 1/2 lemon juiced
- 50g pistachio slivers, soaked in milk overnight
- 20 basil or mint leaves blanched in boilng water, refresh in cold water and squeeze dry
- 1/2 teaspoon of saffron, soaked in 1 tablespoon warmed milk
- Strawberries or raspberries for garnishing
- 3 tablespoons honey
Method
9 Add the saffron to the next 1/3 of the yogurt with a 1 tablespoon honey.
10 Blend the remaining 1/3 yoghurt with the strained pistachio nuts, 1 tablespoon honey with the
basil or mint.
11 Refrigerate the pots until well chilled.
12 Garnish each pot with the relevant topping. Extra strands of saffron for the gold, pistachio slivers for the green and a little left over raspberry puree with raspberries or
sliced strawberries.
