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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Foodie post :)
Plums are in season at the moment and very lovely they are too! Tonight, I made plum and apple crumble for pudding - here's the recipe - this was just enough for a small crumble to serve 2 so increase the ingredients as required:
Ingredients :
Plums
Apples
Plain flour (100 g)
Unsalted butter (50g)
Demerara sugar (1 level tablespoon)
How to ... very simple this!
Put the flour and butter into a mixing bowl and rub together until it takes on a breadcrumb-like appearance. Stir in the sugar and put to one side.
Peel and slice the apples (don't slice too thickly otherwise they will take a lot longer to cook than the plums).
De-stone the plums - do this by slicing vertically all the way round the plum then taking both halves and giving them a firm twist. This should pull them apart and you can remove the stone. Chop each half in half again and then peel off the outer skin.
Place all the fruit into the bottom of a dish.
Everything ready :)
Sprinkle the crumble mixture evenly over the top of the fruit. Take care to cover the fruit really well otherwise you'll get burnt bits. Cook in the oven at 190c/gas 5 for around 40 minutes but check at 30 minutes. In any case, they crumble should be light golden brown and the apple (when you stick a knife in) should be soft.
Done! Some of the fruit escapes up the side and caramelises but don't panic - meant to be like this!
Serve with a blob of Greek yoghurt - yum!
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