Sweet Tangy Strawberry and Nut Crumble Bar

Name: Sweet Tangy Strawberry and Nut Crumble Bar
Total time: 5400 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 200 gms fresh strawberries; 100 gms castor sugar; 1/2 lemon (juice); 10 gms gelatin; 140 gms all purpose flour (for shortbread crust); 10 gms cornflour; 2 gms salt; 110 gms butter; 35 gms castor sugar; 1 tablespoon all purpose flour separately to mix the dough; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 fistful chopped almonds

Jayanthy Asokan @cook_11930587

Trichy (Tamilnadu)

#SweetSour
Strawberry and Nut crumble bar is made out from scratch. Fresh strawberries, castor sugar,lemon juice and gelatin is used to make tangy sweet jam. Short bread crust is made out of all purpose flour,corn starch, sugar, vanilla extract and butter. Base short bread crust is topped with thick layer of strawberry jam and finally topped with chopped almonds and pieces of shortbread crumble dough . This scrumptious sweet tangy Strawberry and Nut Crumble Bar is a must try recipe by all.

Jayanthy Asokan @cook_11930587

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Ingredients

90 minutes

6 servings

200 gmsfresh strawberries
100 gmscastor sugar
1/2lemon (juice)
10 gmsgelatin
140 gmsall purpose flour (for shortbread crust)
10 gmscornflour
2 gmssalt
110 gmsbutter
35 gmscastor sugar
1 tablespoonall purpose flour separately to mix the dough
1 teaspoonvanilla extract
1fistful chopped almonds

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Steps

90 minutes

1

Ingredients for Tangy sweet strawberry jelly.
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Chop fresh strawberries into pieces. In a pan on a medium heat add sugar and strawberries and mix well.
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In few minutes both sugar and strawberries will combine together. Now reduce the heat to low. Stir occasionally until the mixture reduces to half.
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Meanwhile add little water to gelatin and let it sit for few minutes. Squeeze half the lemon and gently mix.
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Add dissolved gelatin to the strawberry mixture and stir continuously until it attains jam consistency. Switch off the flame and let it cool.
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Ingredients for short bread crust.
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In a clean bowl add sugar and butter. Cream well with an electric beater until mixture turn pale in colour.
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Sift all the dry ingredients (flour, cornflour and salt) and add to the creamed mixture. Whisk well until it is well combined to form a crumbly texture.
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Add vanilla extract and mix with the hand gently. Save some short bread dough separately for topping.
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Line a parchment paper in a baking tray and add the rest of the short bread dough. Flatten it evenly using tip of the fingers.
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To the saved short bread dough add 1 tablespoon of all purpose flour to get more light and crumbly texture.
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Fresh sweet and tangy Strawberry jam is cool and ready to spread. Spread a thick layer evenly as shown on the short bread dough.
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Using finger tips pinch and press the saved dough on to the jam layer evenly as shown. Sprinkle chopped almonds on top.
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Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degree Fahrenheit until the top is well baked. Let it cool completely before slicing.
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Crumbly Gooey, Sweet and Tangy Strawberry and Nut Crumble Bar is ready to serve.