Alsace is a region located in Eastern France. It is famous for its damson plums which are also called ‘quetsche’ which are found only in this region. This fruit is therefore also called Alsace plum or blue plum.
Health Benefits
Consuming plums is beneficial for your health, skin, and hair. It lowers the cholesterol level and aids in digestion. Further, it boosts immune system and aids skin health. Since there are other ingredients also used in the preparation of crumble it is recommended to eat this dish in moderation.
Ingredients
grams of quetsche (pitted and not too hard): 800
cup of honey: 1
breton pucks: 10
tablespoons of cane sugar: 2
knob of soft butter: 1
How To Make Alsace Crumble
- Wash all the quetsche thoroughly and cut them into halves. Remove the core and then cut the halves further into 4 pieces each.
- Take a large dry sauté pan and put the knob of soft butter in it. Once it starts melting a little then add the chopped pieces of quetsche into it.
- Add 1 cup of honey and keep stirring it with the help of a wooden spoon for about 5 minutes
- The plums might start releasing their juice when they are cooked on heat so remove the juice from the plums
- Place the sauté pan back on heat and add sugar and mix everything together until the sugar dissolves
- Now divide this fruit mixture into 4 equal portions and transfer them in individual gratin dishes
- Crush the Breton pucks roughly and put them equally on each of the gratin dishes with mixture in it.
- Preheat the oven to 190 degrees and put these dishes in it. Cook for about 10 minutes depending on the heat or until the crumble turns golden brown
- Take out of the oven and let it cool for a while before serving
Trivia
- The region of Alsace has a rich, highly intensive agriculture characterized by small farms.
- National Plum day is celebrated on 7th of January
Plums were domesticated 2000 years ago in China and have been praised by Confucius in his writings.