Name: Plum, pear and ginger crumble
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Butter, for greasing; 5 ripe plums, halved, stones removed; 3 ripe but firm pears, peeled, cored and coarsely chopped; Juice of ½ lemon; 2 tbsp caster sugar; Vanilla-bean ice-cream or cream, to serve; Crumble; 200 gm (1⅓ cup) plain flour; 150 gm butter, diced; 50 gm caster sugar; 1 tsp ground ginger; 2 pinches of ground cloves

What to do when you’re in the throes of plum season? Turn the purple fruit into this satisfying fruit crumble, with soft pear and warming ginger to boot. For a final flourish, a scoop of ice-cream on the side or a drizzle of cream will do quite nicely.

Ingredients

Butter, for greasing

5 ripe plums, halved, stones removed

3 ripe but firm pears, peeled, cored and coarsely chopped

Juice of ½ lemon

2 tbsp caster sugar

Vanilla-bean ice-cream or cream, to serve

Crumble

200 gm (1⅓ cup) plain flour

150 gm butter, diced

50 gm caster sugar

1 tsp ground ginger

2 pinches of ground cloves

Method

1.Preheat oven to 220°C. Grease a 1.5-litre baking dish with butter, add fruit and lemon juice, and sprinkle with sugar.

2.For crumble, combine ingredients in a bowl and rub butter in with your fingers until clumps form. Scatter crumble over fruit and bake until golden and bubbling (20-25 minutes). Serve warm with ice-cream.

Styling by Lisa Featherby

Styling by Geraldine Muñoz