Danas pravimo ... Apple Crumble

Mrvljeni kolač od jabuke je savršen zimski comfort food dezert. Jednostavan, ukusan i topao, crumble je dobio naziv po svojoj korici koja se mrvi. Ovaj kolač je nastao  tokom Drugog svetskog rata, kada su, zbog nestašica namirnica koje su obično koristile za kolače, snalažljive engleske domaćice odlučile da naprave nešto ukusno i dobro od onoga što im je bilo na raspolaganju. The rest is history. 

Crumble možete da pravite i sa drugim voćem, naravno kada mu je sezona, kao što su šljive, različite bobice ili sa rabarbarom.  Pripremajte crumble u vatrostalnoj posudi za veliko društvo ili u malim porcelanskim romantičnim ili koloritnim ramekinima samo za vas dvoje. Budite i sasvim neobični te u crumblu uživajte iz velikih šolja. Jedna dodatna caka: toplom kolaču dodajte kuglu sladoleda od vanile i karamel toping.

Za potpun hedonizam po želji u crumble dodajte suvo grožđe i usitnjene orahe. Recept smo pozajmili odavde.

         Ingredients

        For the crumble

         300g/10½oz plain flour, sieved pinch of salt

175g/6oz unrefined brown sugar

200g/7oz unsalted butter, cubed at room temperature

Knob of butter for greasing

         For the filling

450g/1lb apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm/½in pieces

50g/2oz unrefined brown sugar

1 tbsp plain flour

1 pinch of ground cinnamon 

Preparation method

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.

Place the flour and sugar in a large bowl and mix well. Taking a few cubes of butter at a time rub  into the flour mixture. Keep rubbing until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.

Place the fruit in a large bowl and sprinkle over the sugar, flour and cinnamon. Stir well being careful not to break up the fruit. Butter a 24cm/9in ovenproof dish. Spoon the fruit mixture into the bottom, then sprinkle the crumble mixture on top.

Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes until the crumble is browned and the fruit mixture bubbling. Serve with thick cream or custard. Serve with vanilla ice cream and caramel topping.