Autumn Fruit and Nut Crumble

Name: Autumn Fruit and Nut Crumble
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 500 g firm, ripe pears; 500 g cooking apples; 160 g plain flour; 90 g soft brown sugar; 80 g cold butter, cut into small pieces; 6-8 plums, quartered and stoned; 3 tablespoons caster sugar; 60-80 g shelled nuts, such as walnuts, hazelnuts, cobnuts or almonds, coarsely chopped; 3 tablespoons pumpkin seeds; 50 g oats

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

British Seasonal Food

By Mark Hix

Published 2008

About

There are lots of fruits and nuts around now that lend themselves to a tasty crumble. I’ve added plums to a mix of pears and apples here, but you could use all apples or pears and add a couple of handfuls of autumn berries.

Ingredients

500 g cooking apples
500 g firm, ripe pears
6-8

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Autumn
Vegetarian
September

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/gas 5. Peel, halve and core the apples and pears, then cut into large chunks and place in an ovenproof dish. Add the plums and sugar and toss to mix. Cover the dish with a lid or foil and