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    Home » Recipes » Dessert

    Spiced Plum and Apple Crumble

    Published: Sep 21, 2020 · Modified: Sep 26, 2024 by Beth Sachs · 11 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    A cinnamon-spiced plum and apple crumble, bursting with delicious autumn fruit.

    The orchard fruits are topped with a sweet almond crumble which transforms it into a warming and comforting pudding. Serve with custard, ice cream or clotted cream!

    Plum and apple crumble in a red pie dish.

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    One of my favourite parts of autumn is the abundance of orchard fruits to cook and bake with.

    I'm very lucky to have an apple tree in my garden, which has produced vast amounts of cooking apples this year, and I was gifted some homegrown plums by a neighbour....and so this delicious autumnal crumble was born!

    Love plums? Don't forget to check out my easy stewed plums recipe!

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    • ✔️ Why should you try it?
    • 🥘 Ingredients
    • 🔪 Instructions
    • 💭 Top tips
    • 🍴 Serving suggestions
    • 📖 Variations
    • 🥡 Storage
    • 🧊 Suitable for freezing?
    • 😋Related recipes
    • Recipe
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    ✔️ Why should you try it?

    • A warming fruity pudding that the whole family will love.
    • Freezer friendly.
    • A great way to use windfall apples and homegrown plums.

    🥘 Ingredients

    • Plums - use ripe cooking plums, like Victoria plums.
    • Stewed Apple - I flavour the plums with my cinnamon spiced stewed apples, which can be made and stored in the fridge or freezer. Not only can the stewed apple be used for crumbles, I also stir the stewed apples into Greek yogurt for breakfast or creamy custard for a quick dessert. If you didn't have stewed apple to hand (and didn't want to make any) use 2 large peeled and chopped cooking apples and ½ teaspoon cinnamon instead. You will also need to increase the amount of sugar you stir into the fruit (see recipe card for details).
    • Demerara Sugar - gives the fruit a lovely caramel sweetness.
    • Cornflour - helps thicken the juices that come out of the plums when baked.
    • For the almond crumble topping;
    • Plain Flour - best to use for crumble topping as no raising agents are needed.
    • Butter - unsalted butter
    • Demerara Sugar - gives the crumble a wonderful crunch.
    • Ground Almonds - goes so well with plums.

    🔪 Instructions

    The recipe card with ingredient quantities and detailed instructions can be found at the bottom of the post

    One: Stone and chop the plums and place them into a large pie dish.

    Two: Stir through the stewed apple (or chopped Bramley apples if using instead), demerara sugar, and cornflour.

    Three: Make the crumble topping by pulsing the ingredients in a food processor until you achieve a fine breadcrumb-like consistency. Alternatively, rub the butter into the flour by hand and stir through the sugar, and ground almonds.

    Four: Sprinkle the crumble topping onto the plums and bake in the oven for 50 minutes until golden and bubbling.

    Step by step instruction photo collage for making the plum and apple crumble.

    💭 Top tips

    The secret to getting the perfect crumble topping is not to over-process it in the food processor (which is why some people prefer to make it by hand).

    Pulse the ingredients together just enough to achieve a breadcrumb-like consistency and then stop. It also helps if you use fridge cold butter.

    🍴 Serving suggestions

    I like to serve the crumble with creamy custard, homemade no churn honeycomb ice-cream or thick Cornish clotted cream.

    It's also pretty good for breakfast with a dollop of Greek yogurt!

    📖 Variations

    I've used 200g of my cinnamon-spiced stewed apples in this recipe. Throughout the autumn I always have a bowl of stewed apples in the fridge ready to use in crumbles, pies, turnovers, and cakes. If you didn't want to make the stewed apples, use two peeled and sliced Bramley apples, ½ teaspoon of cinnamon, and up the amount of sugar in the fruit mix to three tablespoons instead of two.

    A handful of chopped walnuts or flaked almonds added to the crumble topping would give it a lovely nutty taste and texture.

    Plum crumble with clotted cream

    🥡 Storage

    The baked crumble can be eaten straight from the oven with ice- cream or cream. It can also be enjoyed at room temperature with warm custard.

    If you have any leftovers, wrap the pie dish tightly in foil and use within 3 days. You can reheat the crumble quickly in the microwave or eat it at room temperature.

    🧊 Suitable for freezing?

    Yes, the crumble can be frozen! Make the crumble up to the point of baking, then wrap tightly in foil and freeze for up to 3 months.

    The crumble doesn't need to be defrosted before baking, but you will have to slightly extend the cooking time (by 5 to 10 minutes or so). Just be careful the crumble topping doesn't start to burn. If it looks like it's getting too brown, cover with foil for the last few minutes of cooking.

    😋Related recipes

    Some more delicious crumble recipes to try;

    • Apple and Mincemeat Crumble
    • Cinnamon Apple Crumble
    • Strawberry Crumble
    • Rhubarb and Ginger Crumble
    • Apple and Blueberry Crumble
    • Easy Apple and Blackberry Crumble
    • Rhubarb and Strawberry Crumble
    • Blackberry and Pear Crumble

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    Plum and Apple Crumble

    A cinnamon-spiced plum & apple crumble, bursting with delicious autumn fruit. The fruit is topped with a sweet almond crumble which transforms it into a warming and comforting pudding. Serve with custard, ice cream or clotted cream!
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine British
    Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 50 minutes minutes
    Total Time 1 hour hour
    Servings 6
    Calories 375kcal
    Author Beth Sachs
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    Equipment

    • Chopping Board
    • Knife
    • Food Processor
    • Pie Dish
    • Kitchen Scales
    • Measuring Spoons
    • Mixing Bowl

    Ingredients

    Metric - US Customary
    • 600 g Plums stoned and chopped
    • 200 g Stewed Apples or use 2 Bramley apples (sliced), ½ teaspoon cinnamon and increase sugar to 3 tbsp
    • 2 tablespoon Demerara Sugar
    • 1 tablespoon Cornflour

    For the crumble topping

    • 200 g Plain Flour
    • 100 g Butter
    • 100 g Demerara Sugar
    • 25 g Ground Almonds

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 200°c (180 fan/ 400F/ Gas 6).
    • Place the chopped plums in a pie dish (about 30cm diameter) and stir in the stewed apple, demerara sugar and cornflour. If you are using fresh Bramley apples instead of the stewed apple, also add ½ teaspoon cinnamon and increase the sugar quantity from 2 tablespoon to 3 tbsp.
    • Make the crumble topping by placing all of the ingredients in the food processor and pulsing until you get breadcrumbs. Alternatively rub the butter into the flour by hand and stir though the demerara sugar and ground almonds.
    • Sprinkle the crumble topping over the fruit mixture and bake in the oven for 50 minutes. If you find the crumble topping is becoming too brown, cover with foil for the final part of cooking.

    Notes

    The nutritional information provided is approximate and is calculated using online tools. Information can vary depending on various factors, but we have endeavoured to be as accurate as possible.
    Nutrition Facts
    Plum and Apple Crumble
    Amount per Serving
    Calories
    375
    % Daily Value*
    Fat
     
    11
    g
    17
    %
    Saturated Fat
     
    1
    g
    6
    %
    Sodium
     
    2
    mg
    0
    %
    Potassium
     
    205
    mg
    6
    %
    Carbohydrates
     
    64
    g
    21
    %
    Fiber
     
    3
    g
    13
    %
    Sugar
     
    31
    g
    34
    %
    Protein
     
    8
    g
    16
    %
    Vitamin A
     
    354
    IU
    7
    %
    Vitamin C
     
    10
    mg
    12
    %
    Calcium
     
    42
    mg
    4
    %
    Iron
     
    3
    mg
    17
    %
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    Comments

    1. Jillian

      September 22, 2020 at 2:52 pm

      5 stars
      Serve this with a scoop of ice cream and it is Heaven in a bowl!

      Reply
    2. veenaazmanov

      September 22, 2020 at 2:56 pm

      5 stars
      Delicious and would love to enjoy it with my favorite Ice Cream. Perfect treat for my family this weekend. Yum

      Reply
    3. Nart at Cooking with Nart

      September 22, 2020 at 3:27 pm

      5 stars
      I'm a big fan of apple crumble and I have to say the addition of plums makes it even better!

      Reply
    4. Helen @ family-friends-food.com

      September 23, 2020 at 9:04 am

      5 stars
      I'm so happy that we're into "crumble season"!
      This one looks delicious 🙂

      Reply
    5. Sandhya's Kitchen

      September 23, 2020 at 9:26 am

      5 stars
      We are a huge fan of apple crumble!! Loving the addition of plum in this recipe. Thank you for this brilliant idea - we are going to try it soon.

      Reply
    6. Kylie

      September 23, 2020 at 10:34 am

      5 stars
      Dollop cream and this....equals heaven.

      Reply
    7. Pam

      September 23, 2020 at 1:09 pm

      5 stars
      We're off to pick apples this weekend, so I'm going to save this recipe for then!

      Reply
    8. Katherine

      September 23, 2020 at 1:35 pm

      5 stars
      Such a tasty way to use late summer's best fruit!

      Reply
    9. Beth

      September 23, 2020 at 1:44 pm

      5 stars
      Yummy! This looks so delicious and tasty! My family is going to love this recipe!

      Reply
    10. Chloe Edges

      September 24, 2020 at 7:14 pm

      5 stars
      So many recipes give such a poor ratio of fruit to crumble but I am totally on board with this one - loads of delicious crumble. Because we all know that's the best bit!!!

      Reply
    11. Cat

      September 29, 2020 at 8:01 pm

      5 stars
      What a delicious way of using seasonal British fruit. I would absolutely cover mine in double cream. My mouth is watering!

      Reply
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