Crumble
Crumble (dt .: crumbs ) is a dessert of English and American cuisine . These are fruits baked with sprinkles (e.g. apples and rhubarb ). Recipes for this dessert have only been around since the 20th century, and it may have been invented in England during World War II .
To make it, the fruit is either pre-cooked or chopped raw fruit is seasoned with sugar , cinnamon and other spices. The streusel are mostly made from wheat flour , butter and sugar, to which, depending on the recipe, crushed pastries, cereal flakes or nuts are added. During preparation, cover the bottom of a cake tin with the fruit and loosely cover it with the sprinkles. Then you bake them in the oven. Typically, crumbles are served warm and eaten with vanilla sauce or ice cream .
literature
- Alan Davidson : The Oxford Companion to Food. 2nd edition, edited by Tom Jaine. Oxford University Press, Oxford u. a. 2006, ISBN 0-19-280681-5 .
- Wendy Stephen (Red.): The great book of desserts. Könemann, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-8290-2960-8 , p. 169 ff.
Individual evidence
- ^ Alan Davidson : The Oxford Companion to Food. 2nd edition. 2006, Crumble.