Berry-Swirled Frozen Yogurt Bark with Pistachio & Honey

By Sprig Originals ✓ · cooked up in Sprig

A snappy sheet-pan snack that tastes like frozen yogurt you can eat with your fingers: thick honey-vanilla Greek yogurt spread cold, ribboned with a fast berry reduction so the fruit flavour stays bright instead of turning to ice, then showered with pistachios, freeze-dried raspberries and flaky salt. The trick is a little honey and full-fat yogurt, which keep the bark sliceable-crisp rather than rock-hard, and cooking the berries down for five minutes so their water doesn't wreck the texture. Freezes in four hours, snaps into shards, and lives in the freezer for a month.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups mixed berries (raspberries, blueberries, hulled strawberries), fresh or frozen
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 pinch fine sea salt

• 3 cups whole-milk Greek yogurt (about 24 oz), well chilled
• 1/4 cup honey or maple syrup
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt

• 1/3 cup shelled pistachios, toasted and roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup fresh raspberries or blueberries
• 1/4 cup freeze-dried raspberries or strawberries, lightly crushed
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened coconut flakes (optional)
• Flaky sea salt, for finishing

Instructions

1. Line a rimmed half-sheet pan (13x18 inches) with parchment, letting it come up the sides; smooth out any wrinkles. Slide the pan into the freezer while you work — a cold pan sets the bark faster and keeps it from spreading thin.
2. Make the berry ribbon: combine the berries, 2 tablespoons honey, lemon juice and a pinch of salt in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook 6–8 minutes, mashing with a fork, until the fruit collapses and the mixture is thick enough to mound on a spoon (it should reduce by about a third). Scrape into a small bowl and chill in the freezer 10 minutes, or the refrigerator 20 — it must be cold, or it will melt the yogurt.
3. Meanwhile, whisk the Greek yogurt, 1/4 cup honey, vanilla and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a large bowl for about 30 seconds, just until smooth and glossy. Don't overbeat; you want it thick, not loose.
4. Pull the pan from the freezer and dollop the yogurt down the middle. Spread it with an offset spatula into an even rectangle about 1/4 inch thick, roughly 10 by 14 inches. Even thickness matters more than tidy edges — thin spots snap into dust.
5. Spoon the cooled berry mixture over the surface in 10 to 12 small pools. Drag the tip of a butter knife or skewer through them in long S-curves to ribbon the fruit into the yogurt, 4 or 5 passes only, so you keep distinct streaks of red instead of pink yogurt.
6. Scatter the pistachios, fresh berries, freeze-dried berries and coconut over the top, pressing the larger pieces down lightly with your fingertips so they anchor into the yogurt. Finish with a light pinch of flaky salt.
7. Freeze flat and uncovered for at least 4 hours, until completely firm to a fingertip press (overnight is ideal). If your freezer runs full of strong smells, tent loosely with foil after the first hour.
8. Lift the parchment and bark onto a cutting board and let it sit at room temperature for 3 to 5 minutes. Break it into irregular 2- to 3-inch shards by hand, or cut with a heavy chef's knife pressed straight down. Serve right away, straight from the freezer.
9. Store shards in a zip-top freezer bag or airtight container with parchment between the layers for up to 1 month. Let them sit out 2 minutes before eating for the best texture.

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