Damson Crumble
Preparation info
Difficulty
Easy
Serves
4 to 6
Appears in
Floyd on Britain & Ireland
By Keith Floyd
Published 1988
Crumbles can be jazzed up and altered according to the fruit you use. Here is a suggested topping for your damson or plums before the birds and wasps get to them, but if you wanted to make a rhubarb crumble you could add a little ground ginger to the mixture and omit the nuts; or you could use fresh raspberries and all-white flour; or gooseberries with the juice of an orange and the rind stirred into the topping, again omitting the nuts.
Ingredients
2 lb 1 kg - Sugar to sweeten
3 oz 75 g 3 oz 75 g Pinch 3 oz 75 g 3 oz 75 g ½ teaspoon 2 oz 50 g
Method
Place the damsons in a buttered shallow ovenproof dish and sweeten with sugar to taste.
Combine the flours and salt and rub in the butter until the mixture is of a fine crumbly texture. Stir in the sugar, ground cinnamon and chopped nuts. Sprinkle on to the fruit and
© 1988 Keith Floyd estate. All rights reserved.