Hangop is a traditional Dutch dessert that is made by straining yogurt to make a deliciously thick and creamy dessert served with warm cherry compote and pineapple.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Dutch
Keyword dessert, Dutch recipe, yogurt
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Straining Time 8 hourshours
Total Time 8 hourshours25 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Calories 440kcal
Author Sam Franklin
Ingredients
For the Hangop Yogurt
4cupsyogurt
1cupwhipping cream
4tablespoonsSugar
1vanilla bean pod
For Cherry Compote:
1can cherries
2tablespoonsSugar
1/2lemon
1tablespoonCornstarch
Instructions
How to Make the Hangop Yogurt
Put a sieve or a colander over a deep bowl making sure that there is some space underneath and that it does not touch the bottom.
Take a clean tea towel, rinse it under the tap and wring it out.
Lay the damp tea towel over the sieve or colander.
Pour the yogurt into the sieve, cover with an upturned bowl or foil and put in the refrigerator.
Leave the yogurt to drain for at least 8 hours (preferably overnight).
Once the yogurt has finished draining, put into a large clean bowl.
Split the vanilla bean and scrape out the seeds into the yogurt.
In a separate bowl whip the cream and the 4 tablespoons of sugar together until it becomes stiff.
Then fold the whipped cream into the yogurt.
For the Cherry Compote:
Empty the can of cherries into a saucepan, add the sugar and the juice from the 1/2 lemon.
Heat until it starts to look syrupy (about 10 minutes, if the mixture is too runny add some of the cornstarch to thicken.)