Cherry and Chocolate Crumbles

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PRESENTATION

To prepare the cherry and chocolate crumbles, we were inspired by a typical dessert from Mantua: the sbrisolona cake. We used the same ingredients as the original recipe to make the shell of these small cakes, but we added others to make them even more delicious! Fresh cherries, perfect for this season, a bit of dark chocolate which is always a treat, and cherry jam for a creamy filling that contrasts with the crunchy exterior! The cherry and chocolate crumbles are perfect at any time of the day. You can accompany them with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and serve them as a dessert after dinner!

If you are looking for other single-serving delights, don't miss our recipe for the chocolate pie cake!

INGREDIENTS

Ingredients for 6 crumbles
Type 00 flour 0.8 cup (100 g)
Almond flour 1 cup (100 g)
Fioretto corn flour 0.83 cup (100 g)
Sugar ½ cup (100 g)
Butter 7 tbsp (100 g)
Egg yolks 3
Salt 1 tsp
Cardamon 1 tsp - powdered
for filling
Cherries ½ cup (100 g)
Dark chocolate 2.8 oz (80 g)
Cherry jam ⅛ cup (50 g)
Preparation

How to prepare Cherry and Chocolate Crumbles

To prepare the cherry crumbles, first wash the cherries. Then pit them with the appropriate tool 1, or alternatively, you can cut them in half and remove the pit with your hands. Move on to the dough: in a bowl, pour the all-purpose flour 2, the cornmeal 3

and the almond flour 4. Add the sea salt flakes 5, the sugar 6

and the cardamom 7. Add the cold butter cut into cubes 8 and start mixing everything using only your fingertips 9

Also add the egg yolks 10 and crumble the dough until it becomes homogeneous 11. Grease 6 molds with a diameter of 4 inches. At this point, transfer half of the just-prepared mixture, dividing it equally among the 6 molds 12

Fill the crumbles with cherry pieces 13. Then roughly chop the chocolate 14 and place it on top of the cherries 15

Finish with the cherry jam 16 and cover the crumbles with the remaining dough 17 18

Place them on a baking sheet 19 and bake in a preheated static oven at 356°F for 25 minutes on the lower rack. Remove the crumbles from the oven 20 and let them cool completely before removing them from the molds and serving 21

Storage

The crumbles can be stored for 2 days under a glass dome. 

Alternatively, they can be frozen. 

Advice

Instead of all-purpose flour, try using rice flour! You'll get delicious gluten-free crumbles! 

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