I bought a rather large punnet of dark plums from the supermarket last week and honestly they refused to ripen nicely and they didn't taste of anything. Now I know that we really shouldn't buy fruit or veg out of season but that can be very limiting in the UK in the winter, my own fault as I just liked the look of them. Anyway - a way to use up useless fruit - I bought myself a couple of nice big bramley apples and headed into the kitchen to make a nice buttery crumble.
Preheat oven to 350f / 180 c / gas mark 4
Ingredients for filling
2 large bramley apples peeled and thinly sliced
10 or so plums, de stoned and sliced
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
3 tablespoons plain flour
3 tablespoons soft brown sugar
Juice of one lemon
Mix all ingredients together and place in a buttered ovenproof dish.
Ingredients for crumble
175g plain flour
75g rolled oats
75g soft brown sugar
125g butter
Make crumble as pastry, mix dry ingredients into a large bowl, rub in butter with your fingertips until a nice crumbly texture - it doesn't have to be fine here as a nice crunchy texture is good for a crumble.
Spoon the crumble mix onto your filling mix and sprinkle a little brown sugar on top, bake in the oven for approx 40 minutes or until golden on top and fruit is all bubbly.
Serve with cream or custard or ice cream - proper cold winter pudding
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