Plum Crumble
Juicy plums baked until soft and bubbling beneath a golden, buttery crumble topping, with a hint of cinnamon for extra warmth. This easy plum crumble is comforting, fragrant, and perfect served with custard or cream on a chilly evening.
Servings 6
Calories 351kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 600 g plums
- 1 tsp cornflour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 40 g demerara sugar
For the crumble topping:
- 160 g plain flour (all-purpose flour)
- 100 g baking spread or butter
- 90 g demerara sugar
Instructions
- Wash the plums, remove the stones and chop into small pieces. Preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F).600 g plums
- Add the cornflour, cinnamon and the sugar to sweeten the plums and mix. Place in your baking dish or pie dish.1 tsp cornflour, 1 tsp cinnamon, 40 g demerara sugar
- Measure out your baking spread and plain flour.160 g plain flour (all-purpose flour), 100 g baking spread
- Using your fingertips, lightly rub the spread into the flour until it has the texture of medium-fine breadcrumbs.
- Stir in the demerara sugar.90 g demerara sugar
- Sprinkle the crumble topping evenly over the plum filling in your pie dish.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes until the top of the crumble is golden and the juices start to ooze out of the plums filling around the sides of the dish.
Notes
Storage: keep baked crumble in the fridge for up to 3 day.
Freezing: crumble can be frozen baked or unbaked for up to 3 months.
Serving: Lovely warm on its own or with custard, cream or ice cream!
Recipe variations
- Add some chopped cooking apple in with the plums for an apple and plum crumble.
- Add some rolled oats (porridge oats) and your favourite chopped nuts (pecans, hazelnuts, almonds are tasty) in with the crumble topping for added crunch.
- Add a touch of warming spice to the crumble topping to contrast with the spiced plum filling – cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg could be used
- It can be tricky to remove the stones from plums as in some kinds the flesh adheres to the stone! I like to cut them in half then quarters then cut around the stone.
- Chop the plums into bite-size pieces before cooking.
- Sprinkle the crumble topping over the fruit in your dish so it remains light and not too heavy.
- The crumble topping is ready when it turns golden.
- Another sign your crumble is ready to come out of the oven is when you can see the juices from the fruit oozing out of the sides of the dish from underneath.
Nutrition
Calories: 351kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Sodium: 158mg | Potassium: 200mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 942IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 2mg