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Apple, Pear and Quince Speculoos Crumble

November 16, 2016 By Korena in the Kitchen Leave a Comment

Apple, Pear and Quince Speculoos Crumble | Korena in the Kitchen

I got Dorie Greenspan’s Baking Chez Moi for my birthday this summer and spent about three days straight reading it from cover to cover. By the time I was done, I had bookmarked so many recipes that it looked like this:

the sign of a good cookbook | Korena in the Kitchen

One of those recipes was for an apple crumble made with a topping of crushed speculoos cookies, the Belgian version of the Dutch speculaas, which are some of my favourite cookies. I thought of this crumble when I was looking for ways to use up the apples, pears, and newly-poached quince in my kitchen – not only did an apple-pear-quince crumble sound great, but it was also a great excuse to try Dorie’s speculoos recipe.

Dorie's Speculoos | Korena in the Kitchen

The speculoos turned out quite crisp and nicely spiced, and their tiny size made them very, very easy to eat on their own. But they made a spectacular crumble topping. I added rolled oats and sliced almonds to Dorie’s topping of straight-up crushed cookies and butter, and I think it turned out to be the best crumble I’ve ever eaten.

Apple, Pear and Quince Speculoos Crumble | Korena in the Kitchen

Not only was the topping amazing, but the combination of apples, pears, and quince (light on the quince, as I find it can be a little over-powering) was wonderful. We would have eaten it with vanilla ice cream but we didn’t have any, so we ate it with honey-sweetened Greek yogurt instead – which conveniently made it feel more virtuous than decadent, until we remembered that the topping was made of cookies 😉

Apple, Pear and Quince Speculoos Crumble | Korena in the Kitchen

Apple, Pear and Quince Speculoos Crumble

Inspired by Dorie Greenspan’s Baking Chez Moi. Serves 6-ish.

Preheat the oven to 350˚F (325˚F convection).

Put 200g speculoos cookies (recipe below) in a Ziplock bag and crush them with a rolling pin until they are in coarse crumbs.

cookiecrumbs

Pour the cookie crumbs into a medium-sized bowl along with:

1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats

1/2 cup sliced almonds

1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cubed

1/4 cup brown sugar

pinch salt

topping1

Combine with your hands, pressing and squeezing to rub the butter into the mixture until evenly combined – it will sort of clump together. Set aside.

topping2

In a large bowl, combine:

3 cups chopped peeled apples

3 cups chopped pears (I didn’t bother peeling)

1 cup chopped poached quince

1/4 cup granulated white sugar

1 tbsp corn starch

juice of 1/2 lemon

fruit

Toss gently with your hands, then pour the fruit mixture into a 9″ square baking dish.

Sprinkle the speculoos mixture evenly over top of the fruit, breaking up any large clumps.

unbaked

Bake in the preheated 350˚F (325˚F convection) for about 40 minutes, until the fruit filling is bubbling and the topping is dark and crisp. Cool on a rack at least until the filling stops bubbling, and serve warm or at room temperature with a scoop of something sweet and creamy (vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, yogurt…).

baked

Dorie’s Speculoos

Adapted slightly from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking Chez Moi. Makes about 90 small cookies.

In a medium bowl, whisk together:

2 cups (272 g) all purpose flour

1 tbsp ground cinnamon

3/4 tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg

1/8 tsp ground cloves

1/2 tsp fine sea salt

Set aside.

dryingreds

In a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream 1/2 cup (113 g) softened unsalted butter until light and smooth, then add:

1/2 cup (100 g) dark brown sugar

1/4 cup (50 g) granulated white sugar

2 tbsp golden syrup

creamed

Beat until smooth and creamy, then beat in:

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

creamed2

creamed3

Add the flour mixture all at once, pulsing a few times at first to combine.

flour

Mix on low speed until the flour disappears and the dough just cleans the sides of the bowl.

dough

Scrape the dough out onto a work surface and divide it into 3 equal portions. Form each into an 8″ log and wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Freeze for a least 3 hours before baking (can be frozen for up to 2 months).

logs

When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375˚F (350˚F convection). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, then slice the frozen logs of dough into 1/4″ thick rounds.

sliced

Arrange on the baking sheet about an inch apart.

pan

Bake in the preheated 375˚F (350˚F convection) oven for 11-13 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through baking, until the cookies are evenly golden brown and almost firm in the middle. Transfer to a rack to cool, then store in an airtight container.

baked

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