This winter I’ve really come around to crumbles. In the past, I wasn’t massively interested in them, but I seem to be appreciating winter comfort food more and more as I get older. They’re especially good when you have some tart fruit, such as bramley apples, rhubarb or raspberries, to contrast with the sweet topping and custard.
- 150g plain flour
- 100g caster sugar
- 50g demerera sugar
- 125g cold butter, cubed
- roughly 750g chopped fruit
- handful porridge oats, chopped walnuts, almonds, etc if you like
You can make this recipe by hand or using a food processor. A food processor is quicker, if you have one, but then you also have the washing up to do…
To begin, preheat your oven to 175C/gas mark 5/350F. Hint – crumbles are a great make in advance food – you can stash both the prepared fruit and the crumble topping in your freezer ready for dessert emergencies.
Next, combine the flour and sugars in a large bowl and add the cold butter, cut into small chunks. Rub together with your fingers until the mixture represents lumpy breadcrumbs (with no massive lumps -the size of a tic tac is the biggest you should be going for, but you do need lumps as they’re the key to a delicious knobbly topping!).
Arrange your fruit in an oven proof dish, and sprinkle over a little demerera sugar and some lemon/orange zest if you have some on hand. Good crumble combo’s –
- apple and rhubarb
- strawberry, raspberry and apple
- pear and
- peach and raspberry
The idea is to combine sweet and tart for the best crumbles
What’s your favourite crumble combo?
This looks yummy! I love a rhubarb crumble, my favourite ๐
Gosh – I haven’t had a good crumble for a while! Or custard!
This must be put right… Bx
Definitely, before Spring comes!
oh that looks yum and half….crumbles have been on my mind a lot. dnt you have to cook the apples first to soften them.
Nope I never bother, they always taste greats anyway ๐
Oh my Kelly, that looks good. I love pie…apple is my favorite served warm. Of course lemon meringue is another fave…and banana cream, key lime, cherry, blueberry…sigh
Yum, looks delish! Thanks, Kerry!