Start your week with this easy dessert recipe
Desserts made from strawberries are classics and are loved by many. Recently celebrity chef Amrita raichand shared his strawberry recipe crumble. Chef Amrita’s recipe easily serves four to six people and takes less than an hour to make. Whenever you have a craving for something sweet, you can give this recipe a try.
Ingredients
For filling
Strawberries – 400 g (stems removed and thickly sliced)
Castor sugar – 1/4 cup (50-60g, depending on the sweetness of the strawberries)
Ground almonds / flour – 1/4 cup
Vanilla extract – 2 teaspoons
For the dressing
All-purpose flour (maida) – 3/4 cup
Baking powder – 1 teaspoon
Butter (cold) – 75 gms
Almonds (sliced) – 1/2 cup
Brown sugar- 75g (a little less than half a cup)
Method
* Preheat the oven to 180 ° C
* Place the sliced strawberries on your serving plate.
* Sprinkle with castor sugar, powdered almond and vanilla extract. With the help of a fork just mix all the ingredients.
* Now for the crumble topping, take another bowl and add the flour and baking powder.
* Next, take the cold butter and cut it into small pieces and rub them with the flour. Once done, the mixture should look like breadcrumbs.
* Now add the sugar to the flour and butter mixture, but mix well but don’t use your fingers … a fork would be better.
* Pour this over the strawberry mixture, coating the strawberries evenly.
* Finally distribute the sliced almonds on top and push in a little too.
* Bake in the preheated oven for about 30-35 minutes.
* The crumble should look golden and crisp and you will see the strawberry juice bubbling around.
* Remove when ready and let it rest until it cools down a bit.
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