I’m a real sucker when it comes to buying fruits that smell good. And this weekend, I succumbed to oh-so-fragrant flat white peaches and plums at the supermarket. I never buy stone fruit here in Dubai because they mostly pale in comparison to the ones we find in Southern France, but I kid you not, you could smell these beauties ten feet away. When I got home however, I realized we are a family of 4 and couldn’t possibly eat 3 kilos of stone fruit in a few days. So I made coulis, purées…and this crumble. It’s gluten, dairy and processed sugar-free without compromising on the taste or texture. And it smells divine! We all get caught eating it for breakfast at our house, but if you want to be grown-up about it, make at your next dinner party and serve it with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients
- 4 cups of peaches and plums, peeled and cut up into chunks
- 6 dried apricots
- 1 granny smith apple, peeled, cored and cut into cubes
- 3 tbsp coconut sugar
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 1 cup gluten free whole rolled oats or quick cook oats
- 1/2 cup almonds
- 1/4 cup coconut sugar
- 1/3 cup coconut oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Lightly grease a baking dish or deep pie plate
- In a large mixing bowl, toss together the peaches, plums, apricots and the apple, coconut sugar and cornstarch
- Pour the fruit into the baking dish and set aside
- To make the crumble:
- In a blender, blend the almonds into a grainy mixture (not a powder, it should be a little coarser than almond meal). Pour it into a large bowl.
- If you are using whole rolled oats, toss them in the blender and blitz just a few seconds to cut them up a little. You can skip this step if you are using quick cooking oats because they will get softer more easily as they bake. Add the oats to the coarse almond powder.
- Add the coconut sugar, oil and vanilla extract to the oat/almond bowl and mix until just combined.
- Spoon the crumble mixture over the fruits and place in the oven for around 30 minutes or until fruits start to bubble and topping browns
