Spiced plum & blackberry crumble
By Good Food
Showcase fruit in a piping hot, oat-topped crumble delicately flavoured with cinnamon and star anise
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Prep:20 mins
Cook:1 hrs 30 mins
- Serves 6
- Easy
Nutrition per serving
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kcal 435
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fat 20g
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saturates 12g
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carbs 57g
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sugars 34g
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fibre 8g
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protein 6g
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salt 0.4g
Ingredients
- 140g plain flour
- 140g butter, cut into small dice
- 85g soft brown sugar
- 50g porridge oats
- custard, to serve
- 1kg ripe plums (about 14), halved and stoned
- 1 tbsp soft brown sugar
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 2 star anise
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- juice ½ lemon
- 300g blackberries
Method
First, make the crumble topping. Put the flour and butter in a food processor and pulse to the texture of wet sand. Tip into a bowl and add the sugar and oats. Sprinkle the mixture with 2 tbsp cold water, then use a fork to mix everything together, creating a crumbly texture with a few large clumps. Chill until needed.
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Tip all the fruit ingredients, except the blackberries, into a large ovenproof dish. Add 50ml water, cover with foil and bake for 1 hr. Remove the foil and discard star anise. Add the blackberries to the dish, sprinkle over the crumble mixture and return to the oven for a further 25-30 mins until the top is golden. Serve hot with custard.
