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Rasta Yoghurt

Prep Time: 10 MINUTES 

Cook Time: 15 Minutes + Overnight

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

Serves: 6

Method

1  Make the yogurt in the morning, by heating the milk to 82 °C in a double boiler.
2  Allow to cool to 46 °C.
3  Take 2 tbs of the milk and stir in the cultured yogurt, then whisk all together with the remaining milk.
4  Pour into jars, into a yogurt maker and allow 8 hours to set.
5  Check if solid. If not set, heat for a couple of more hours.
6  Strain the yogurt in a muslin bag.
7  Divide into 3 portions.
8  Blend the raspberries, beetroot powder, lemon juice and 1 tablespoon honey, then strain through a sieve and add to 1/3 of the yoghurt.

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.