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.
Plum, pear and ginger crumble
A warming fruit crumble never goes astray.
- 25 mins cooking
- Serves 4
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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
- 1Preheat oven to 220°C. Grease a 1.5-litre baking dish with butter, add fruit and lemon juice, and sprinkle with sugar.
- 2For 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.