Fresh Berry Gratin

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups berries (e.g. raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries, (hulled and left whole if small, halv)
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon kirsch (optional) or 1 tablespoon other eau de vie
• 1 pinch table salt
• 3 slices bread, each slice torn into quarters
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 pinch ground cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 toss fruit gently with sugar, kirsch (if using), and salt in medium nonreactive bowl and transfer to 9-inch glass or ceramic pie pan.
• 3 pulse bread, butter, sugar, and cinnamon in bowl of food processor fitted with steel blade until mixture resembles coarse crumbs, about ten 1-second pulses.
• 4 sprinkle crumbs evenly over fruit and bake until crumbs are deep golden brown and fruit is hot, 15 to 20 minutes.
• 5 cool on wire rack 5 minutes and serve.