John Torode’s tropical fruit granola recipe

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Have you ever made your own granola before? This deliciously sweet recipe from John Torode teaches you how to make tropical fruit granola from scratch. Combining oats, golden syrup...

Serves6
SkillEasy
Preparation Time10 mins
Cooking Time15 mins
Total Time25 mins

Have you ever made your own granola before? This deliciously sweet recipe from John Torode teaches you how to make tropical fruit granola from scratch. Combining oats, golden syrup, honey and a pinch of sugar together you cook this tasty dish in the oven on a low heat for only 10 mins. Fresh pineapple, passion fruit and mango really transform this breakfast into the perfect treat for the weekend. You could even serve this recipe as a dessert if you'd prefer.

Ingredients

  • 1tbsp butter
  • 5tbsp golden syrup
  • 4tbsp honey
  • 200g oats
  • 2tbsp caster sugar
  • 75g macadamia nuts
  • 75g dried apricots
  • 50g raisins, or sultanas
  • 25g goji berries
  • 25g walnuts
  • 25g pistachio nuts, shelled
  • 25g banana chips
  • 1 pineapple
  • 3 passion fruit
  • 1 mango
  • 200g yogurt
  • 1 lime, zested
  • 1tbsp honey, to serve

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Method

  1. Melt the butter in a pan on medium heat, then add the golden syrup and honey. Once the mixture has loosened, add porridge oats and stir until browned. Add a tablespoon of caster sugar and heat for a further two minutes.
  2. In a food processor, roughly chop the macadamias, dried apricots, raisins, goji berries, walnuts, pistachios, almonds and dried bananas. Add them to the mixture and mix well. Once the ingredients are fully coated in the syrup remove from heat and set aside.
  3. Peel and core a whole pineapple and cut the flesh into bite sized pieces. Place into a frying pan and add the pulp from the passion fruit. Add a splash of cold water and the rest of the caster sugar. Cook over a gentle heat for 8-10 minutes.
  4. In a separate bowl, add lime zest and a drizzle of honey to the yogurt and mix.
  5. To serve, spoon the pineapple and passion fruit compote into a martini glass. Add some of the yoghurt mixture to the top. Layer some of the mango and add some more of the yoghurt. Spoon the granola on top before adding more yoghurt and compote on top. Garnish with a piece of mango.
Top Tip for making John Torode’s tropical fruit granola

You could try this recipe with other fruits too like fresh raspberries, strawberries and blackberries

John Torode
Australian-British celebrity chef and TV presenter

John Torode is one of the UK's most well known celebrity chef, having been a judge on popular television cooking shows, Masterchef, Celebrity Masterchef and Junior Masterchef for over ten years. Originally from Australia, John began his cooking career at 16 years old after leaving school to attend catering college. By 1991, he had moved to London where he soon began working at the famous restaurant, Le Pont de la Tour and Quaglinos as a sous chef and was where he met his fellow co-host Greg Wallace. John was shortly after approached by ITV This Morning in 1996 and continued the role til 2000. By 2005, Masterchef was relaunched on BBC with Torode and Wallace as the presenters and by 2011, the show was sold to over 25 countries. Alongside this, John has created 11 successful cook books and has had many of own series including John Torode's Australia, John Torode's Argentina, A cook abroad, John Torode's Malaysian Adventure, The Korean Food Tour and many more. At the heart of all Johns food is simplicity and family. He said his nanna's cooking was one of things inspired him to be a chef and even though the food she cooked was simple, it was always full of flavour and delicious. He best remembers her for her awesome cauliflower cheese, her caramel slice and apple tea cake. While we might not have the recipe for John's nanna's  recipes, we do have plenty of his recipes designed for indulgent but easy homecooking.