Air Fryer Pineapple with Speculaas Crumble
A quick and aromatic dessert: pineapple slices caramelized in the air fryer, topped with a crunchy speculaas cookie crumble. Perfect for a sweet and fragrant evening.
Steps
- 1
Break the speculaas cookies into larger pieces. Cut the butter into small cubes. In a large bowl, mix the crumbled cookies, butter, brown sugar, flour, and salt. Rub everything with your hands until you get a sandy crumble.
- 2
Preheat the air fryer to 200°C (400°F).
- 3
Place the pineapple slices in the air fryer basket. Sprinkle the speculaas crumble evenly over each slice. Cook for 8-10 minutes, until the topping is golden and the pineapple is hot.
- 4
Serve immediately and enjoy!
Shopping list
4 pineapple slices, 25g butter, 25g all-purpose flour, 25g brown sugar, 25g speculaas cookies, salt
Recipe story
Speculaas, a spiced biscuit flavored with cinnamon and cloves, originated in Flanders, where spices brought by ships intertwined with merchants' tales. Legend has it that at the court of Charles V, a clever chef combined this golden crumble with exotic pineapple from the New World, creating a royal dessert. Over the centuries, the recipe has been adapted and simplified, now even prepared in an air fryer for extra speed.
Ingredient Secrets
Sea salt
Sea salt, extracted from ocean waters by evaporation, was one of the most precious goods of antiquity, used both as food and as currency. In ancient Rome, soldiers were paid with salt, which is the origin of the word 'salary'. Salt roads connected entire civilizations, and in the Middle Ages, salt was so valuable it was called 'white gold'.
