Parfait Recipe with Ricotta and Berries. Gluten-Free

Parfait with Ricotta and Berries

This is a great showcase for the cook: Traditionally, it is a cold dessert made of layers of fruit, syrup, ice cream and whipped cream. Like a tiny trifle in a cup. There are many takes on the classic, all exciting, with plenty of room for poetic license, but they all have two things in common: they are layered, and they are served in individual cups. Any nice glass cups or stem wine glasses will do the job. You always want glass, so the layering shows through, and you can show off your good work.

My Parfait is Ideally Nutritionally Correct

Not only as a dessert, but as a healthy and nourishing breakfast, ready in a jiffy, Gluten-free, raw, and so fabulous. Don’t hesitate to use frozen berries in ricotta berry parfait: In fact frozen berries are what I prefer in this parfait and in countless berry-based recipes. Frozen berries are available year-round, stemmed, cleaned, sweet and full of flavor, you just can’t go wrong. No need to thaw even. By the time the frozen berries macerate in the liqueur, just a few minutes, they will reach room temperature, and they’ll be ready to top the Parfait cups!

If you wanted to make this parfait the dairy-free way, you could use a mixture of vegan yogurt, ricotta and sour cream: All vegan renditions are quite decent.

 You will love my unsweetened Granola!

I worked hard to get granola with the perfect crunch and clusters, without any sweetener other than dates. It is so nutritionally correct I have been using it in lieu of croutons in Caesar Salad, and everywhere. Even plain as the perfect snack on the road!

Ingredients

• 3 cups ricotta cheese (low-fat OK)
• 3 cups vanilla yogurt or plain full-fat greek yogurt
• 4 cups mixed unsweetened frozen berries and pitted cherries, in any combination you like
• 3 tablespoons crème de cassis (liquor stores)
• 1/4 cup maple syrup, or a little more (taste the mixture first before adding)
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 1 cup good quality granola (try my granola!) crumbled medium-fine with your fingers

Instructions