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| The ever comforting crumble. Mans |
I just missed my gap to make a little something from
mulberries last season and was determined not to miss out this year, which gave
me nearly a year to ‘mull’ over wot to make. I asked heaps of people wot
mulberries meant to them and it seemed that the little berries transported everyone back to their childhood, be it silkworms or angry mothers moaning about purple
stains on their clothes. My mulberry dish simply had to be something that is kid
friendly. I really wanted to make a short crust mulberry pie, coz I wanted to
use the name ‘Purple Finger Pie’, but making short crust pastry can be a little
tricky, so I went for a crumble and the simplest one possible. The result was
better then I could have ever have hoped for
Wot you need
2/3rds cake flour
1/3rd butter
A baking dish full of freshly plucked mulberries.
A shake of sugar
Wot to do
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| Don't skimp on the butter Mans |
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| No escaping purple fingers Mans |
If you know me, you’ll know, I’m not one for exact
measurements, but let me try to guide you through my rather haphazard crumble
method – Estimate the amount of flour that would generously cover the area of
your baking dish and some. Now add half the flour amount of chopped cold butter,
then sprinkle in some sugar, til it’s sweet enough for your taste. With your
hands work the butter into the flour and sugar mix til it’s all crumbly. Pop
the crumble mix in a pre-heated oven at about 180 degrees c for about 5 mins.
This gives it an extra crunchy edge.
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| Ok, I threw a sliced apple, just because. Mans |
Now onto the mulberry part - Pull out those little green
stems from every berry, it might take some time, but it’s important that you
really focus and get completely absorbed in the moment, just as a kid would and
before you know it you have a dish full of the deep purple nuggets ready for
sugaring. Shake sugar over the mulberries. This is when I get out of ‘kid mode’
for just a moment, coz I like to have that mouth puckering tartness to my
crumble, but if you want to express your inner child, shake that sugar packet a
bit or a lot longer. By the time you have done all of this, your blind baked
crumble should long ago be out the oven. Cover your dish of mulberries and
sugar with the crumble and pop in the oven til the crumble is golden brown and purple
lava bubbles through the crumble around the edges, and if you are really lucky
you might get an odd purple geyser bursting through other parts of the crumble.
Serve hot with pouring cream, custard or ice cream.
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| Yum... Mans |
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