Pineapple Crumble: Crumbly Delight

Crumbly warm sweet and gooey- this texture and taste with a dollop of vanilla ice cream (or not), is what’s going to keep you smiling from ear to ear. And that too when you prepare it in your own kitchen for your loved ones using the goodness of fruits! A dessert that simple which doesn’t require much; just some basic ingredients, teeny weeny bit of effort, a warm oven to bake in and of course, your love- Yes, that’s all we need for preparing a wickedly good Pineapple Crumble.

I learnt this  when I went for  few cooking classes to The Culinaria, started by Radhicka Agarwal of MasterChef India 2010 fame. You can check out the facebook page of The Culinaria for more information on classes and other cooking tips.

Here you go with the ingredients!

For the Crumble

Butter- 150 gm, chilled and cut into small cubes

Castor Sugar- 100 gm

Flour- 200 gm

For the Fruit Filling

Pineapple- 1, chopped (Alternatively you can use a tin of pineapples)

Castor Sugar- ½ to ¾ cup (depending on how much of a sweet tooth you have) (If using canned Pineapple skip the castor sugar since the pieces are already in syrup).

Butter- 1 tbsp

Cinnamon Powder- ½ tsp

For baking, right temperature and exact measurement of ingredients is extremely essential, so a word of advice would be to have a set of measuring cups and spoons in your kitchen.

Method:

•  Pre-heat oven to 180°C.
• To prepare the crumble, take flour, castor sugar and the small cubes of butter in a bowl and rub it with your fingers to form bread crumbs like texture. Please ensure that you use chilled small cubes of butter and do not use your palms to get the bread crumb type texture- strictly and only finger tips.
• For the fruit filling, mix the castor sugar, chopped pineapple, cinnamon and butter till all gets dissolved.
• Grease an oven proof dish with butter and pour the pineapple mixture in the dish. The pineapple will be watery but don’t worry about that.
• Evenly and generously coat the pineapple filling with the crumble mixture.
  
• Bake in the pre-heated oven for 35-40 minutes or till the crust turns slightly goldenish brown.
• Serve hot with whipped cream or ice cream. GORGE!