Winter Spiced Fruit Crumble
A comforting fruit crumble
This dish is a spiced winter warmer, based on the classic apple crumble. Poached apples and pears in red wine and mulling spices topped with a crispy nutty crumble. A comforting dessert which you can serve with friends and family then re-heat the leftovers the next day- if you have any! Fancy a savoury recipe idea? Check out my Sweet & Sour Tofu recipe here.
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Spiced Fruit Crumble
A spiced winter warmer, based on the classic apple crumble. A comforting dessert which you can serve with friends and family then re-heat the leftovers the next day, if you have any!
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
Spiced Fruit
- 3 Apples peeled, cored & cut into eighths
- 3 Pears peeled, cored & quartered
- 4 Large pieces of orange peel studded with 3 cloves
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 375 ml Red wine (½ a bottle)
- 250 g Frozen black cherries
- 50 g Mixed dried fruit
Nutty Crumble
- 100 g Brown sugar
- 200 g Flour
- 100 g Oats
- 100 g Vegetable oil
- A pinch of salt
- A handful of crushed almonds
- Oatly crème fraîche, to serve (dairy free ice cream would also be delicious)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C then put all of the ingredients for the mulled fruit into a large ovenproof baking dish and bake for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, mix together all of the crumble ingredients except the almonds, you can use your hands to ensure everything’s mixed together well.
- Once the fruit has poached in the mulled wine and softened, spread the crumble over the top and place in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until the crumble is golden and crispy.
- Place the almonds on a baking tray in the oven 5 minutes before the crumble is ready and toast them.
- Serve warm with a dollop of Oatly crème fraîche or dairy free ice cream and sprinkle with the toasted almonds.