Baked Oatmeal with Crème Fraîche
This dish—made with crème fraîche, raspberries, and spices—falls somewhere between weekday breakfast and brunch treat.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted, plus more for greasing dish
- 2 ½ cups rolled oats
- ¾ cup pistachios chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup crème fraîche plus more for serving
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup frozen raspberries
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F and butter a 9-by-5-inch baking dish. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine oats, pistachios, cardamom, ginger, baking powder, and salt, and stir.
- In a medium bowl whisk crème fraîche, milk, egg, honey, and vanilla. Pour mixture into dry ingredients, and stir to combine. Gently fold in raspberries.
- Pour mixture into buttered baking dish, brush the top of the oatmeal with melted butter, and bake for 25 to 35 minutes. Cool slightly, and serve with an extra dollop of crème fraîche if you like.
Leigh Belanger
Leigh Belanger is culture's former food editor. She's been a food writer, editor, and project manager for over a decade— serving as program director for Chefs Collaborative and contributing to local newspapers and magazines. Her first book, The Boston Homegrown Cookbook, was published in 2012. She lives and cooks in Boston with her family.
