[RECIPE]
Baked Spiced Blood Orange & Pear Oatmeal
This baked oatmeal is warm, gently spiced, and bright with zesty citrus, jammy pears, and crunchy pumpkin seeds or pistachios. It’s the kind of breakfast you can prep in minutes and let the oven do the work. Oatmeal lovers, unite, you’ll want this on repeat.
- PREP
- 10 min
- COOK
- 30 min
- SERVES
- 6
INGREDIENTS
- Rolled oats
- Milk (dairy or plant-based)
- Eggs (or ground flaxseed if making a flax egg)
- Maple syrup or honey
- Vanilla extract
- Pear
- Blood orange (or orange)
- Lemon
- Cinnamon
- Cardamom
- Ground ginger
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Pistachios
- Greek yogurt (to serve)
METHOD
Step 1: Heat the oven + prep the dish
Heat oven to 180°C. Grease a small baking dish.
Step 2: Mix dry
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp cardamom
- Pinch ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- Pinch salt
Stir together in a bowl.
Step 3: Mix wet
- 1 cup milk (dairy or plant-based)
- 1 egg (or flax egg)
- 2 tbsp maple syrup or honey
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Whisk until smooth.
Step 4: Prep the fruit
- 1 ripe pear, thinly sliced
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1/2 blood orange (or orange), segmented
- Zest of 1/2 orange
Sauté pear slices with 1 tsp butter or coconut oil + lemon juice for 2 to 3 min.
Step 5: Assemble
Stir wet into dry, plus half the orange zest. Pour into dish. Top with pears, orange segments, remaining zest, and pistachios.
Step 6: Bake + serve
Bake 30 to 35 min until set. Cool 5 min and serve with Greek yogurt.
NOTES
- This reheats well. Cover and chill, then warm in the oven or microwave.
- For extra richness, add a spoon of tahini or almond butter on top when serving.