Warm Berry Pottage with Honeyed Yogurt

Name: Warm Berry Pottage with Honeyed Yogurt
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: About 3 cups
Ingredients: 4 cups mixed berries, fresh or frozen (blackberries, raspberries, blueberries) (560 g); 3 tbsp honey; ¼ cup apple juice or water; 1 pinch ground cinnamon; 1 tbsp rice flour or cornstarch; 1 tsp lemon juice; 1½ cups plain Greek yogurt; 1 tbsp honey

The Bramble Queen's Pottage

Blackberries, raspberries and blueberries simmered with honey and a pinch of cinnamon, thickened with rice flour the medieval way, and served warm over honeyed yogurt.

Fork or mugMake-aheadVegetarian

Prep5 min

Cook15 min

Total20 min

YieldAbout 3 cups

At the table: Warm or at room temperature; keep the yogurt cold until serving.

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As written: warm berries over honeyed yogurt.
Finish it with a reduction: boil a cup of red grape juice with a cinnamon stick down to a few spoons of syrup and stir it in.
Strain your own thick yogurt overnight in a cloth, and toast an oat and honey crumble to go on top.
Layer it in glasses: pottage, honeyed yogurt, oat crumble and fresh berries, with a mint leaf on top.

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Why nowIt's mostly fruit and takes fifteen minutes, and frozen berries work just as well as fresh.

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Ingredients

Party size

As written: About 3 cups.

Pottage

4 cups mixed berries, fresh or frozen (blackberries, raspberries, blueberries) (560 g)
3 tbsp honey
¼ cup apple juice or water
1 pinch ground cinnamon
1 tbsp rice flour or cornstarch
1 tsp lemon juice

Honeyed yogurt

1½ cups plain Greek yogurt
1 tbsp honey

Method

Put the berries, honey, apple juice and cinnamon in a saucepan over medium heat. Simmer 8 to 10 minutes, stirring now and then.
Look forThe berries have softened and released their juice.
Whisk the rice flour with 2 tablespoons cold water. Stir it into the berries and simmer 2 minutes.
Look forGlossy and thick enough to coat a spoon.
Off the heat, stir in the lemon juice.
Stir the honey into the yogurt and spoon into bowls. Spoon the warm berries over the top.

Make ahead

The berries keep 5 days in the fridge. Serve cold or rewarm gently.

Holding

Warm or at room temperature; keep the yogurt cold until serving.

Allergens

Contains milk (yogurt). Always check labels on packaged ingredients.

Notes

Vegan: use a plant yogurt and maple syrup in place of honey.

Medieval cooks thickened fruit pottages with rice flour or ground almonds; cornstarch is the modern stand-in.

Tavern Night

This dish's twist table (d6)

1–2	The classic stands. No twist. Cook it as written.
3	Herb swap. A few torn mint leaves on top
4	Acid strike. Orange zest in the berries
5	Plating challenge. Layer it in glasses with toasted oats
6	Host's boon. The Host picks any twist above, or the table invents one. The safety rule still applies.

Roll before you start cooking. No twist ever changes a time, a temperature or how done something must be.