¡Ay, Carumble!

Name: How to cook ¡Ay, Carumble! - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Laura

¡Ay, Carumble!

Crumbles became popular in Britain during WWII when the topping was an economical alternative to pastry when rationing was introduced. Breadcrumbs or oatmeal was often added to the mix as sugar, butter and flour was in short supply.

Ingredient

Food ration :

6 servings

Cooking time :

1 hour

500 g

ripe plums, stones removed and quartered

50 ml

sloe gin

50 ml

limoncello

1 tsp

cornflour

60 g

golden caster sugar

120 g

wholemeal plain flour

1 tsp

ground sweet cinnamon

1/2 tsp

ground ginger

Pinch

salt

75 g

cold butter, cut into small cubes

30 g

light muscovado sugar

30 g

demerara sugar

50 g

blanched almonds, crumbled

60 g

Yockenthwaite Just Ginger Granola or 50g granola + 1 tbsp crystallised ginger cut into tiny pieces

1 tsp

apple fruit powder (optional)

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Heat the oven to 180°C fan/gas 5. Put the plums in a large mixing bowl, pour over the sloe gin and limoncello and mix together well. Combine the cornflour with the sugar, add to the bowl of fruit and mix well. Spoon the fruit into a baking dish and bake the fruit for 20 minutes until it’s bubbling and slightly reduced.

* Step 2

For the carumble topping, sift the flour, salt, ground ginger and cinnamon and stir to combine. Add the butter and rub the mixture gently with your fingertips until it begins to stick together and form small clumps. Stir in the muscovado sugar, demerara sugar, crushed almonds, apple fruit powder and granola.

* Step 3

Spread half the carumble mixture into a 1 litre square or rectangular dish (if it is any larger the crumble slice will be thin), spoon the hot fruit on and spread evenly. Top with the remaining carumble, return the dish to the oven and bake for a further 30 minutes until the topping is a rich golden brown and the fruit is tender and bubbling around the edges. Remove the carumble from the oven and leave to cool. Cut into squares.