Quick Delicious Stone Fruit Crumble … often the best way to begin a day, else to end a meal! Dessert for breakfast or breakfast for dessert and life can’t get better than that in summer! If you like a hearty, somewhat guilt free ‘fruit loaded’ beginning to the day, this might be a good idea. It has oats and walnuts too! Sold yet?
Summer is one season I absolutely love, not least for the dreadful heat and unbearable humidity, but for stone fruit! Think summer fruits with a pit in the centre, think colourful, luscious and delicious fleshy fruit – mangoes, peaches, cherries, apricots, nectarines, lychee, plums…
My first thought was a smoothie which is how my day begins every single day, 365 days a year using fruit in season. I had already frozen fruit for smoothies the day before, so my next thought of course was a crumble! I always enjoy making crumbles and this Quick Delicious Stone Fruit Crumble turned out a perfect destination for the few hapless stone fruit in the fridge … a couple of peaches, a few plums and a small bowl of cherries.
What are stone fruit you might ask? Stone fruits get their name from the pit or “stone” in their center that is encased in a fleshy outer area. Also known as drupes, stone fruits tend to have thin skins that may be fuzzy or smooth. The pit is actually a large seed, and stone fruits can be either clingstone or freestone depending on how easily the flesh pulls away from the seed. Since most stone fruits won’t ripen after being harvested, they’re picked at their peak and only good for a small window of time. This makes them highly seasonal, with different stone fruits arriving at different seasons.
https://www.allrecipes.com/article/what-is-stone-fruit/
Then I saw this huge glass mug on the counter and I knew CRUMBLE was going to be it! I thought it might look nice to see squishy colourful fruit pressed against the sides smothered by a crumbly, buttery topping! The rest came together pretty soon, on the go actually.
Crumbles don’t take very long to put together and I often make one large one in my 8″ KitchenAid baking dish. Once done, everyone just digs in. Fewer fruit mean individual servings though this ones seems good for a single large serving or even one shared by two. Dig right in!
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Quick Delicious Stone Fruit Crumble
Ingredients
Fruit filling
- 2 peaches stoned, diced
- 3 plums stoned, diced
- 100 g cherries pitted
- 1 tsp cornflour
- 1 tbsp vanilla sugar
- 1 tsp lime juice
Crumble topping
- 1/4 cup walnut halves chopped
- 1/3 cup plain flour
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1 tbsp vanilla sugar
- 2-3 tbsp ghee
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C
Fruit filling
- Place all the ingredients in a large bowl and toss until the fruit is coated well.
- Transfer to a large cup/bowl and pack in well.
Crumble topping
- Toss the walnuts, plan flour, oats and sugar in a bowl until well mixed.
- Drizzle over the clarified butter and vanilla extract and mix well with a fork {or your fingertips to get an even light crumble.
- Cover the fruit with the crumble topping. Top with walnut halves if desired.
- Bake for 35-45 minutes.
- Cover the top with a sheet of foil if the top is overbrowning after 25 minutes.
- Stand for 15-30 minutes. Serve with fresh fruit, vanilla chantilly cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream and caramelised walnuts.
