Cherry-Chocolate-Pecan Crumble
- The Crumble
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces and chilled
- 1/3 cup pecan pieces (optional but recommended)
- good quality bittersweet chocolate in 1/2 oz pieces
- cherry filling (recipe below)
- Cherry Filling
- 3 pounds cherries (uh, pitted)
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- Preheat oven to 375. In a medium bowl, stir together the first 6 ingredients until well combined. Cut in the chilled butter until the crumble is the consistency of slightly damp sand (fingers are fine here). Stir in the pecan pieces if using.
- Place one of the pieces of chocolate in the bottom of a small oven-proof container (like a ramekin or custard bowl). Cover with cherry filling and top with the crumble mixture. If you so desire, you may sprinkle a bit more brown sugar and a teeny pinch of salt. Repeat until all your ramekins are filled. Bake for 20-30 minutes on a baking tray or until the delicious cherry filling starts to bubble up through the topping. Cool and enjoy.
- Note: the proper filling-to-topping ratio has never adequately been established in existing literature. Traditionalists typically go with a 2/3 to 1/3 filling-topping breakdown or less. Being a non-apologetic crumble enthusiast, I am more likely to go with a half and half approach. But I have been know to be a rabble-rouser and a bit of a subversive. Let your conscience be your guide.
- Heat cherries and water in a wide saute pan until boiling. Add lemon juice and sugar and boil gently, stirring and mooshing the cherries until the mixture thickens a bit (about 25-30 minutes). Cool slightly.
- Whatever leftovers you have after making your crumbles should be used in the following: added to the bottom of a gin and tonic, poured over a brownie, poured over ice cream, mixed with seltzer and lime juice for a cherry-lime rickey.
crumble, flour, brown sugar, oats, kosher salt, cinnamon, ginger, unsalted butter, pecan, bittersweet chocolate, cherry filling, filling, cherries, water, sugar, lemon juice
Taken from food52.com/recipes/23005-cherry-chocolate-pecan-crumble (may not work)