Strawberry Crumble
Make a bubbling strawberry crumble with juicy berries, a crisp oat topping, and vanilla ice cream for an easy fruit dessert.
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 35 minutes
Total: 50 minutes
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup rolled oats quick-cooking oats are fine
- 3/4 cup plain flour all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup brown sugar loosely packed
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon ground
- 1 pinch salt
- 90 g unsalted butter melted
- 1 kg strawberries hulled; halve large berries
- 2 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup white sugar adjust to berry sweetness
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- as needed vanilla ice cream, cream, or custard for serving
Instructions
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F.
- Mix the oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Add melted butter and mix to form a crumbly topping.
- Hull the strawberries, halving larger berries and leaving small ones whole. Toss with cornstarch.
- Add white sugar, water, and vanilla to the strawberries and mix well.
- Pour the strawberries into a baking pan and scatter the topping over them, keeping some chunky pieces.
- Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, until the topping is deep golden and the strawberry syrup bubbles energetically around the edges.
- Let the crumble stand for a few minutes, then serve with vanilla ice cream, cream, or custard.