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Greek Yoghurt with Honey and Walnuts

Thick strained yoghurt with thyme honey poured over and toasted walnuts on top. Three ingredients, and the quality of each is the whole recipe.

10 min total Serves 2 servings Easy
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Greek Yoghurt with Honey and Walnuts

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Greek Yoghurt with Honey and Walnuts: Step by Step

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  1. If you want it very thick, line a sieve with muslin, spoon the yoghurt in, and leave it over a bowl in the fridge for 3 hours. Discard the whey or keep it for baking.

  2. Toast the walnuts in a dry frying pan over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes, shaking often, until they smell nutty and darken a shade.

  3. Tip them onto a cold plate at once — they carry on cooking in a hot pan — and cool, then break them roughly.

  4. Spoon the yoghurt into two bowls and make a hollow in the middle of each with the back of the spoon.

  5. Pour the honey into the hollow so it pools rather than runs off.

  6. Scatter the walnuts over, add the cinnamon and orange zest if using, and finish with a few flakes of salt.

  7. Serve immediately, while the walnuts are still crisp.

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Keep an Eye on These

  1. Strain the yoghurt if you have three hours. It is a different dish.
  2. Toast the walnuts and cool them off the pan.
  3. A pinch of salt on top makes the honey taste more like honey.

About This Recipe

Straining ordinary Greek yoghurt for a few hours takes it from thick to genuinely dense, which changes how the honey sits on it — it pools instead of sinking. Toasting the walnuts is what removes their tannic edge, and doing it in a dry pan rather than the oven lets you stop at the exact moment they smell right.

To Go With It

Strong Greek coffee · Fresh figs · A slice of orange cake

Storing Leftovers

Strained yoghurt keeps 4 days refrigerated. Assemble each bowl to order.

Greek Yoghurt with Honey and Walnuts Nutrition

Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.

671Calories
29gProtein
51gCarbs
39gFat
3gFibre
46gSugar
170mgSodium

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