Orchard crumble

7-a-day recipe for 5 - 6 people, takes only 45 mins; recipe has apple, plum, sugar, fig, blackberry, ice cream, plain flour, wholemeal flour, butter and brown sugar.

Orchard crumble

Orchard crumble

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: 7-a-day
Servings

5 - 6

servings
Prep time

30 mins

Ingredients

  • Sugar: 2 tbsp sugar, any type
  • Butter: 175g butter, cut into small pieces
  • Brown Sugar: 100g soft brown sugar
  • Apple: 400g apple, peeled, cored and cut into small pieces
  • Plain Flour: 140g plain flour
  • Blackberry: 300g blackberry or brambles, washed well
  • Fig: 300g fig, woody stalks trimmed, quartered
  • Wholemeal Flour: 140g wholemeal flour
  • Plum: 400g stoned plum, cut into chunky wedges
  • Ice Cream: cream, custard or ice cream, to serve

Directions

  1. First make the topping. Put the flours in a bowl with a pinch of salt, then rub in the butter with your fingertips to form crumbs. Stir in the sugar with a fork, and chill until needed.
  2. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/ gas 4. Tip the apples, plums and sugar into a big saucepan with 50ml water and cook, stirring, for about 5 mins, until the apples are soft and juicy. Stir in the figs and blackberries, and tip into a baking dish. Scatter over the crumble and bake for 45-55 mins until the topping is golden and the fruit is bubbling.