Strawberry crumble

We sort out the strawberries, then wash them and dry them a little. Small berries are left whole, and large ones are cut in half. Shortbread cookies are transferred to a ceramic bowl and crushed with a pusher. You can also use a blender for these purposes. Melt the butter and let it cool to room temperature.

All the ingredients are prepared and you can start the most interesting. So:

- first of all, turn on the oven to warm up to 200 degrees Celsius. We also lubricate the baking dish with a small amount of butter in advance. A round shape with a diameter of 24 cm is ideal;

- in a large saucepan, mix the prepared strawberries with corn flour, half of the freshly crushed black pepper peas, granulated sugar and lemon zest. Put the pan on medium heat, stir until all the sugar crystals completely dissolve. Bring the contents of the pan to a boil, then cook for 3 minutes. In the process, do not forget to interfere from time to time. Then pour the contents of the pan into a baking dish;

- crushed cookies are mixed with melted and cooled to room temperature butter, you can mix with your hands - it will turn out faster. Mix to the state of crumbs, and then we scatter this crumb over the strawberry filling;

- put the mold in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. During this time, the crumb on top will turn golden;

- towards the end of baking, we will do marshmallows. To do this, we put it in a saucepan, pour water. We put the saucepan on low heat. Cook with constant stirring for 3 minutes. During this time, the marshmallow should melt, become homogeneous and slightly liquid, smooth;

- remove the mold from the oven, let it cool for 5 minutes, then spread the marshmallows. With the help of a cooking burner, brown the marshmallows, sprinkle the crumble with the remaining pepper on top.

We serve the delicacy to the table until it cools down.

Bon appetit!