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Life feels fairly busy at the moment, with quite a lot of entertaining. The way we love it!
I’m always pleased to have a quick solution for a home made dessert, and recently I found a short cut (which has probably been used by millions of cooks for years except that I didn’t know!).
Individual fruit crumbles provide a dessert idea that really can be ready to go
in a few minutes and cook happily in the oven while you enjoy the main course.
When I make a crumble, I always make extra crumble mix and keep it in a sealed box
in the fridge. It keeps very well for up to two weeks. You’ll see from the recipe below that,
besides the butter, it is only dry ingredients anyway.
So when I have a last minute dinner to cook for, I simply pull out some small moulds. I fill the moulds to two thirds with fruit. This can be apple or pear freshly peeled and diced and sprinkled with sugar, or possibly some red fruit mix (from the deep freeze) warmed through with sugar.
On top of the fruits I heap a couple of spoons of crumble mix and bake into the oven at 190° for about 15-20 minutes. Voila! This could not be easier, but being served in these little pots makes for faster cooking and maximum wow factor!
Look below the next picture for my crumble mixture recipe.
Bon appetit!
To make enough crumble for 12-16 individual moulds I whizz together in a mixer:
250 gr (1 good cup) cold butter
250 gr (2 cups) plain flour
125 gr (2/3 cup) sugar
125 gr (2/3 cup) ground almonds
pinch of salt[blank]
21 comments
Looks delicious.
What a great idea, and they look charming in those small bowls – the overspill is very aesthetic!
Looks delicious Sharon! and those little pots in the first image..so pretty.
thank you for sharing your recipe, will def try it out.have a lovely weekend.
Colette x
Yum!
They are lovely! I do something very similar except I mix in the cold butter…in the food processor and put the topping mix in the freezer. Then pull it out and sprinkle over fruit/sugar to bake. So quick and easy.
I love your little individual servings, though! I must get some of those cute little ramkins!
Lovely and delicious I'm sure!
These are beautiful and I love your idea of keeping some topping prepared for next time.
Oooooooo! Super duper yummy! 😀
Love it when you cook, especially looking at these lovely little pots!
OH my! Crumble I never made before and have to try this one…we stil have snow on the ground so it is gonna taste even better snuggled up by the fire(: thanks!
Se ve delicioso me encanta cuando sobresale la mezcla del ramekin,generalmente los preparo con arándanos es una estupenda receta,abrazos hugs,hugs.
Yum. I will try your recipe…I just know my husband is going to love it!
(me too). Your photos are delicious in every way! 🙂
What a grand idea! I will definitely make this and keep on hand.
Thank you for sharing – great pics
Betsy
A must print delicious looking recipe! Looking forward to using it with home grown berries. Thank you for sharing!
Yum. Lovely idea and a good way to use up some almond meal or hazlenut meal too. I didn't know that the crumb mixture could keep so long in the fridge. Thanks for your lovely blog and this lovely recipe.
Magnifique gourmandise.
Bonjour de France.
Manon
YUM, boy does that ever look good. I could SO go for that right now, mmmmmmmmmm!!!!!
My Favorite dessert…..
For some reason the easy recipes are at times the tastiest. This sounds yummy.
This is a great idea. YUM!
Thank you …again, I made them and used walnuts instead of almonds as I had none….it was delicious!!! xo Z