Australian Gourmet Traveller - (03)March 2020 (1)

GOURMET TRAVELLER 127

Croatian

blackberry

crumble

SERVES8 // PREPTIME 20 MINS

// COOK 50 MINS

“Inmanypartsoftheworld,

fruitcrumbledessertslike

thisonearereservedfor

thecoldofwinter,”says

Zoccali.“Notinthiscase,

asblackberriesareattheir

bestinsummer,andthis

Croatianstapleis beautifully

light.”Pictured p125.

150 gm(1cup)plainflour

1/3 tspbakingpowder

170 gmcoldbutter,diced,

plusextraforgreasing

110 gm(½cup)castersugar

2 eggyolks

1 tspicingsugar,fordusting

Vanilla-beangelato

orcream,toserve

BLACKBERRYFILLING

2 eggwhites

110 gm(½cup)castersugar

500 gmblackberries

Scrapedseedsfrom

½vanillabean

1 tsplemonzest

1 Preheatovento180°Cand

greasea 20cm-diameterpie

dish.Forpastry,mixflour,

bakingpowder,butter,sugar

andeggyolksina food

processoruntila doughball

forms.Turnoutandsetaside

one-thirdofdoughtomakethe

topping.Firmlypressremaining

doughintothebaseandside

ofprepareddishtoforma crust.

2 Forblackberryfilling,whisk

eggwhitesandsugaruntilsoft

peaksform.Foldinberries,

vanillaseedsandzestand

pourintothepiedish.

3 Crumblereservedpastry

doughoverthetopofthe

blackberryfilling.Bake

crumbleintheovenuntil

golden(about 50 minutes).

4 Allowtocoola little,then

dustwithicingsugar.Serve

with vanilla-bean gelato.➤

Venetiancarnivalfritters
SERVES8 // PREPTIME 15 MINS// COOK 20 MINS(PLUSSOAKING)

“YouwillfindtheseinVenetoduringtheannualCarnevaleperiod,”
saysZoccali.“Theyarebestservedwarmwithanespresso.”

250 gm(11/4cups)sultanas
4 eggyolks
500 gm(31/3cups)“00”flour,
plusextrafordusting
2 tspbakingpowder
400 gmcastersugar
100 mlrum
Juiceandfinelygrated
zestof1 orange
Finelygratedzestof 1 lemon
175 ml vegetable oil

175 mlmilk

80 ml(1/3cup)eggwhites

(2-3eggs)

Grapeseedoilorvegetable

oil,fordeep-frying

1 Soaksultanasinwarm

water(1 hour).Drainanddry

onpapertowel,thendust

witha littleflourtoabsorb

any excess moisture.

2 Combineeggyolks,flour,

bakingpowderandhalfthe

sugar.Addrum,orangejuice

andzest,lemonzest,vegetable

oil,milkandsultanas,andbeat

untilsmooth.Whiskeggwhites

untilstiffpeaksform,then

foldthroughthebatter.

3 Heatgrapeseedoilin a

saucepanto180°C.Usinga

tablespoon,spoonthebatter

intothehotoil,in batches,

andcook,turningonce,until

brown(2-3minuteseachside;

becareful,hotoilwillspit).

4 Toserve,removefrittersfrom

oil and roll in remaining sugar.