Cardamom Plum Crumble

Cardamom gives sharp plums a floral warmth, and the oat topping stays crisp against their jammy juices.

Ingredients

• 750 g ripe plums, stoned and sliced
• 70 g caster sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornflour
• 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 120 g plain flour
• 80 g rolled oats
• 90 g cold butter, cubed
• 50 g brown sugar
• 40 g flaked almonds

Method

1. Heat the oven to 190°C. Toss plums with caster sugar, cornflour, and cardamom in a baking dish.
2. Rub flour, oats, butter, and brown sugar together with fingertips until clumpy. Stir in almonds.
3. Scatter the crumble over the fruit, leaving a few rough, crunchy clumps.
4. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes until bubbling at the edges and golden on top. Rest for 10 minutes.

Serve it with

Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or cold pouring cream.