Crumble is typically made with winter fruits such as apple or rhubarb but this is a delicious summery pudding which is wonderful after a lazy Sunday lunch. Serves 4.
Ingredients
350 g Summer fruits; for example strawberries, raspberries, blueberries.
100 g finely diced butter
100 g plain flour
100 g porridge oats
2 tablespoons Demerara sugar
1 tablespoon ground almonds
Natural yoghurt to serve
Method
Clean, hull and chop the strawberries. Mix with the other fruit and make a thick layer in the bottom of an oval oven proof dish. For the crumble: rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Stir into this the sugar, oats and ground almonds. Scatter the mixture over the fruit and bake for 20 minutes until golden brown. Serve while still warm with natural yoghurt (or cream, custard or ice cream). You can make double the amount of crumble mix and refrigerate the remainder for a week or it also freezes well.
What a great, easy recipe – I actually love to use oats in my crumble topping too! Although I’m really excited to try your recipe with strawberries which I’ve never done before! We don’t have ground almonds available here in the U.S.A. – guess I’ll grind some & ask my mother-in-law to bring a package over next time…. Thank you, Lady Carnarvon your cooking video’s are fun and your very natural on camera too.
You are kind – you could probably crunch up some almonds with a pestle and mortar… but otherwise mother-in-laws sounds an excellent choice!
The crumble sounds delicious……will give it a try! Enjoyed hearing your lovely accent. This is “Thanksgiving “ week here in the states. A good time to serve the crumble….probably with apples.
Crumbles are delicious and good with apples and blueberries or pears, or this summery version. The biggest tip is how useful it is to have some crumble topping on stand by in the fridge..
I love this crumble recipe! The ingredients are healthy and nourishing, and it’s easy to prepare. I always use oats in my crumble topping. I’ve never used strawberries and ground almonds in a crumble before, but I look forward to tasting this flavor combination. Ground almonds are available at my local Whole Foods. I also enjoyed hearing about your mother’s cooking. I am a mother of twin boys, and they eat often!!! I know they’ll love it. Your cooking video is great! Thank you!
je vais essayer la recette dimanche pour mes petits enfants merci
I noticed that Lady Carnarvon mentioned making crumble with pears. Does anyone here have a recipe for that? I am planning a brunch for a few friends and would love to serve the berry crumble as well as the pear crumble. Thanks, Karen
I’m making this today but not sure what temperature I should set the oven to.
It is 180 degrees C, 350 F or gas mark 4. Hope this helps – having an Aga is quite different I know!
What a lovely idea to share your recipes with us! Thank you!
Absolutely divine, they’re all such delicious recipes, I’m so glad I found this blog. Thank you for sharing!
Looks so delicious, plan to make this soon. Enjoy your blog very much!
I bought a scale that shows usa, uk and imperial measurement. Best $10 spent on kitchen gadgets. Look on amazon or a kitchen equipment shop. Mine l put to zero each time I add an ingredient instead of using multiple bowls.
Every brit reading this recipe will be homesick so thank you lady Cararvon for taking time to help us expats feel a little more English especially on a sunday when my family take time to savor and enjoy the sunday lunch tradition.
Really loved this video! Hubby was just handed double “heavy” cream on his….”Babe, while your out can you grab me list- he,he,he! I’m going to venture out with bananas, currents and pecan bits and then incorpate your topping and other ingredients. Wish me luck! You’ve started a revolution for sure! Maybe you could share a family favorite using butternut squash. My family traditional receipe is really tired and could use a completely different take. I’m sure I’m not alone in hoping for a lovely British take on this favorite. All the best to you and hubby. LOVED Pimms receipe! ☺️
Really loved this video! Hubby was just handed double “heavy” cream on his….”Babe, while your out can you grab me list- he,he,he! I’m going to venture out with bananas, currents and pecan bits and then incorpate your topping and other ingredients. Wish me luck! You’ve started a revolution for sure! Maybe you could share a family favorite using butternut squash. My family traditional receipe is really tired and could use a completely different take. I’m sure I’m not alone in hoping for a lovely British take on this favorite. All the best to you and hubby. LOVED Pimms receipe!
I especially wanted this recipe. In Downton Abbey, Mrs. Hughes taught Carson to bake an ‘apple crumble’ for dessert.
I made an apple and pear crumble last Sunday – I made plenty of crumble mixture to leave some in the fridge too.
Thank you for sharing recipes from Highclere. A special hello to others who also love crumble. Thank you for the healthy recipe Lady Carnarvon. Very best wishes.
Hello Lady Carnarvon
Thank you for sharing Highclere and your delicious, healthy recipes. Very best wishes to you and your family.
Thank you! Good colours to eat!!
Trying this recipe next weekend, can’t wait. Would love to see more recipes on the site, will you be posting any new options soon?
Thank you.
I will do – it is planning them in amongst a bit of a crazy life at the moment!
This is a colourful recipe – everyone’s favourite!
Lady Carnarvon, I’m going to try your lovely Crumble this weekend.
Thank you.
Wonderful!
Lady Carnarvon,
Do you happen to have the fruit crumble recipe written out for Americans by the cups or ounces instead of the grams? I have all the ingredients and am so excited to make it and get it just right!
Thank you!!
I will find it!
I bought a scale that shows usa, uk and imperial measurement. Best $10 spent on kitchen gadgets. Look on amazon or a kitchen equipment shop. Mine l put to zero each time I add an ingredient instead of using multiple bowls.
Every brit reading this recipe will be homesick so thank you lady Cararvon for taking time to help us expats feel a little more English especially on a sunday when my family take time to savor and enjoy the sunday lunch tradition.
Thanks so much! 🙂
Lady Carnarvon,
I love making fruit crumbles and look forward to making this. My question is the same as Marsha regarding the fruit crumble recipe written out for Americans by cups or ounces instead of grams. What should the oven temperature be for baking?
I look forward to reading your next group of recipes.
I use an aga which is always my problem as it has no temperature on it – i would think 150-200 degrees
Hi Linda,
If this helps you until we get the true conversions, I did the best I could to bake for our Memorial Day last month. Everyone loved it! (But they didn’t taste Lady Carnarvon’s!) So here’s what I used and maybe it would help you?
3 cups or so of summer fruits (raspberries, blueberries, strawberries) I filled the bottom of the oval baking dish.
1/2 c. butter (I froze the butter and used a large holes cheese grater to grate pieces into the flour mixture.)
3/4 c. flour
3/4 c. oats
1/2 c. sugar (I used light brown) (can use less or more)
1 T. ground almonds
I baked it at 350 degrees F. for about 1/2 hour till bubbly fruit appears.
Served topped with scoop of ice cream.
I know it’s not Lady Carnarvon’s exact recipe (please forgive me!) but I did the best I could do so I could fix this crumble for my family.
Hi Marsha,
Thank you so much for your response. Your recipe looks wonderful. I look forward to trying it this weekend. I believe it will go extremely well until we get the conversions. I’ll let you know. Thank you again.
I have made crumbles in the past. Your blog post brought back the memory, so I made one today for dessert. I used strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and pineapple. My husband’s reply was “you’ve made this before, haven’t you?” Between the two of us, we decided it’s been around 20 to 25 years since the last time we had a crumble. Thank you for bringing back good memories. I have a question not related to food. How did the name Carnarvon come about?
I am so glad – I think crumbles are comforting and remind me of lunches with my family growing up.I have just topped an tailed a huge pot of gooseberries ( it took me all of a James Bond film last night !!) so I thought I might make that next in a crumble. The name Carnarvon was used by a distant ancestor in circa 1640 – I suspect with a Welsh connection
I made this summer fruit crumble for my husband and tested it on some of our Floridian neighbors. It was unanimous, the best crumble ever. I mixed the crumble by hand and spent an hour rubbing the flour and butter. it was worth it and reminded my husband and I of our mother’s crumbles of yesteryear. The crowd are eagerly awaiting the tomato upside down tart. Thank you for a lovely curated set of recipes.
How lovely – good luck with the tart