Gluten Free Peach Cherry Crumble … one of the simplest, quickest to make and satisfying desserts for summer, the stone fruit crumble always gets my vote! This peach cherry crumble is quite addictive with a burst of flavour and deliciousness, an almost guilt free dessert! It’s a quick wholesome dessert which is one of the best ways to use the bounty of summer brings.
I’ve been making crumbles forever. I think the first crumble I ever made was when a Daring Baker friend, Judy Chiapinni, mentioned years ago that it was the best way to use seasonal fruit that you had an abundance of, or if they were about to spoil. There’s been no looking back. For me, if everything else fails, CRUMBLE!
I think the day I made my maiden crumble, I was hit by a revelation, maybe two! The first thing that struck me was how simple a recipe could be and how easily anyone could rustle up a crumble. It’s so basic. At best, you need a bowl and a fork {or fingers} if you have a limited kitchen, and an ovenproof baking dish. The possibilities are endless…
Take a look at this beautiful Strawberry Chocolate Crumble. It’s a recipe you can find in my Chocolate Cookbook, a recipe by my sweet friend and uber talented chef Parul Pratap. I really enjoyed making the dessert, styling and shooting it ♥.
In my husbands kitchen in the UK where he’s currently working, a crumble is one of the first things I make when I’m visiting. I normally eyeball ingredients since his kitchen is really really basic, yet the crumble is always delicious! A crumble is quite a no brainer and there isn’t much that can go wrong …
Think apples and raspberries, blueberries, apple walnut, strawberries and apple with thyme, raspberries with pistachios, mangoes and peaches, sometimes a hint of ginger … any fruit I find in his fridge, any nuts in the pantry, I crumble. That said, my favourite season is when stone fruit appear at the local bazaar here in North India even though I do make quite a mean Apple Crumble all through winter!
Once summer is in full swing and stone fruits rule the roost, it’s quick crumbles for breakfast often. I play with the toppings depending on the ingredients I have on hand. Oats are usually always part of my crumble for the bite that they give. Otherwise a mix of wholewheat and all purpose flour, nuts definitely, raw sugar, clarified butter / ghee or salted butter … you get the drift!
I always find it fascinating how something so simple can be so so DELICIOUS! Dive into a warm, freshly baked crumble and you will know what I mean. It satisfies at so many levels. The bite of buttery oats and nuts on top, the baked fruit cooked down releasing their fruit juices underneath … all pure magic. Dive in just as is, drizzle some cold unsweetened cream over, else really enjoy it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!
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Peach Cherry Crumble
Ingredients
Oat topping
- 100 g whole rolled oats
- 50 g khaand / raw sugar
- 25 g almonds
- 50 g salted butter chilled , diced
Fruit filling
- 6 peaches chopped
- 150 g cherries pitted
- 2 tsp cornflour
- 2-3 tbsp khaand / raw sugar
- Juice of 1 lime
Instructions
Oat topping
- Run the oats, almonds and khaand/raw sugar in a hand blender until ground to a fine meal. Add the butter and process to mix to a moist pea sized crumb.
Fruit filling
- Stir together.
- Preheat the oven to 170C.
- Turn the fruit filling into a 7″ baking dish and level out.
- Cover the filling completely with the oat topping, pressing gently into place.
- Bake for 45-55 minutes until you see fruit juices oozing up the sides.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
