Parfait is a French word literally meaning "perfect" commonly employed to describe a kind of frozen dessert, beginning in 1894.
In France, parfait refers to a frozen dessert made of sugar syrup, egg, and cream.
In America, parfait refers to either the traditional French-style dessert or a popular variant made by layering parfait cream, ice cream, or flavored gelatin, often topped with whipped cream or liqueurs and served in a tall, clear glass.
In Northern America, parfaits are usually made by using dairy yogurt layered with nuts or berries.
This recipe makes 2 servings of tall parfait cups.
Ingredients:
* 2 medium ripe mangoes
* 8 strawberries
* 2 cups plain chilled Greek yogurt or chilled home made yogurt (recipe on this blog)
* 1 table spoon sugar
* 1/2 cup whole grain nutty granola or any granola of your choice (I used Organic Ancient Grains Granola with Almonds from Costco)
* 1 tablespoon sliced almonds
* 2 tablespoon Honey to drizzle
Method:
* Peel mangoes and chop the pulp in to small cubes, set aside.
* Wash strawberries and slice all of them in to thin slices except keep two strawberries for garnish.
* Sprinkle sugar on sliced strawberries and set aside.
* Mix the yogurt well until smooth.
* In tall parfait cups layer 2 table spoon of yogurt, 2 table spoon of fruits and 1 tablespoon of granola, few almonds, and drizzled with honey.
* Repeat the layer all the way up to rim of cup, with last layer of granola and almonds drizzled honey.
* Garnish each parfait up with whole strawberry, serve chilled or immediately.
Variations:
** You can use any fruits like fresh raspberries, blueberries, sliced bananas, or canned lychees and peaches etc.
** You can modify the proportions of granola/fruits/honey to your taste.
Parfait information source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parfait_%28food%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License
Recipe and Photographs by Surekha.
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