Ok, ok, l hear you say MORE plums – well we have so many in the trees and l don’t believe in waste so lm throwing you another recipe whether you like it or not. This is a crumble in a crisp pastry case and it can be made the day before serving.
Ingredients – 8 people
400g red plums, chopped in half and seeds taken out
200g golden delicious apples, chopped
Pastry – 125g butter, room temperature
250g whole wheat organic flour
90g caster sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
Crumble – 100g oats
50g quinoa flakes
50g cold butter
50g brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Method
- Prepare the pastry, in a food processor (or bowl with fingers) mix the flour, butter and sugar until it resemble bread crumbs.
- Add the egg and egg yolk to the flour and mix until incorporated, Make the pastry into a ball, cover with cling film and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, clean and chop the plums and apples, set aside in a bowl until needed.
- Prepare the crumble topping – mix all the ingredients together with your finger tips. Preheat the oven to 180C.
- Roll out the pastry between two sheets of baking paper, cut 8 round disks and place in 8 individual moulds. Prick the bottom of each pastry disk with a fork and precook for 10 minutes.
- Place the plum and apple mixture on the recooked pastry moulds, sprinkle the crumble mixture evenly on top of the moulds. Cook for a further 20 minutes.
- Let the crumble cool slightly before serving with a a sprinkle of icing sugar and a scoop of vanilla ice-cream or whipped cream.
