Salted Dirty Chai Oats & White Chocolate Cinnamon Yogurt

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Salted Dirty Chai Oats & White Chocolate Cinnamon Yogurt

This indulgent oatmeal bowl is perfect to wake up to on a chilly autumn morning. Fresh spices like ginger and star anise, black tea and a shot of espresso are steeped in milk and mixed with chewy rolled oats. A swirl of delicious white chocolate cinnamon yogurt gets topped on along with some coffee maple syrup and a pinch of flaky salt.

The dirty chai oats and white chocolate yogurt can be made the night before so you can enjoy your breakfast right way the next morning.

The dirty chai oats and white chocolate yogurt can be made the night before so you can enjoy your breakfast right way the next morning.

Salted Dirty Chai Oats & White Chocolate Cinnamon Yogurt

  • Serving: 1 to 2 people

Ingredients:

White Chocolate Cinnamon Yogurt:

Dirty Chai Oats:

  • 1/2 cup whole milk

  • 2 coins of fresh ginger

  • 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon

  • 2 pods of green cardamom

  • 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

  • 3 whole cloves

  • 1/4 teaspoon raw fennel seeds

  • 1 star anise

  • 1 bag of black tea

  • 1/2 teaspoon of instant espresso

  • 1/2 cup rolled oats

Toppings

  • Cinnamon

  • Flaky salt

  • Chia seeds

  • Coffee Maple Syrup

Method:

White Chocolate Cinnamon Yogurt

  1. Set up a double boiler on a medium low flame and place your white chocolate chips and gently stir them until they are nearly melted.

  2. Once the white chocolate chips are 90% melted, add vanilla skyr, cinnamon, salt and vanilla paste to the white chocolate and stir until the mixture is homogenous and well combined. Pull the pot off the heat and set it aside to cool down. The texture should thick but slightly loose, it will firm up as it cools.

Dirty Chai Oats

  1. While the yogurt cools, heat up the whole milk on the stove on a medium flame. Add ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, cloves, fennel seeds and star anise. Let them simmer for a few minutes, about 2 to 3 minutes.

  2. Once the milk has come to a simmer add the contents of 1 black tea packet and the instant espresso. Let the chai milk mixture infuse for about 1 to 2 minutes while stirring constantly.

  3. Once the mixture looks slightly thickened, strain the chai milk mixture into a fresh bowl..

  4. Add a 1/2 cup of rolled oats to the warm chai milk mixture and stir well. The oats should be softened once stirred in.

Assembly

  1. Spoon the cooled white chocolate yogurt over the dirty chai oats.

  2. Sprinkles some cinnamon, flaky sea salt and chia seeds on top.

  3. Optional, drizzle with a little bit of coffee maple syrup for that extra bit of sweetness. Enjoy!