The tart lime yogurt was a lovely contrast to the sweet yellow plum compote, making this one of our favorite light summer treats.

Yellow Plum Compote and Lime Yogurt Parfait

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup strained soy yogurt from 1&1/2 cups regular soy yogurt
  • 1 lime, zest and juice
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 cup yellow plum compote or peach compote
  • bit of granola
  • slices of yellow plums and sprig of green (we used stevia, can be also mint or lemon verbena) as garnish

Yellow Plum Compote and Lime Yogurt Parfait

Directions:

For the yellow plum compote
we used Pascale Weeks’ Mirabelle (plum) Jam with vanilla and star anise recipe.

to make the lime soy yogurt:

  1. Strain 1 & 1/2 cups of soy yogurt through a cheesecloth to remove the extra liquid.
  2. Add the zest, juice and sugar and mix well.

to make the parfait:

  1. Place a tablespoon or so of the plum compote in the bottom of a parfait glass.
  2. Add a layer of granola.
  3. Add 2-3 tablespoons of the lime yogurt.
  4. Repeat the layers.
  5. Top with a few slices of yellow plums and we added a bit of green using stevia leaves

Notes:

You can use any plum to make this tasty compote.