Food & Drink

Crunchy Fruit & Oat Crumble

Recipes from Suzanne James | www.suzannejames.co.uk

September marks the end of summer 2) Chop the unpeeled, cored apples and put into berries, but there is still time to get the last an ovenproof dish with the berries and fruit juice. of the blackberries and there are lots of 3) Sprinkle the crumb mixture on top then other fruits like apples, plums, grapes, figs drizzle with honey. and pears to be enjoyed too. The fruits up at the allotment are truly wonderful. Tender ripe figs, with honey nut 4) Bake in a preheated oven 1800C/Gas 6/3500F for 15-20 minutes until golden brown. sweetness; juicy sweet plums with a lovely 5) Serve immediately with a little greek yoghurt, tart aftertaste; and sweet seedless grapes with custard or cream or for real decadence serve with a slightly sharp punch. Unadulterated apples, a Crème Anglaise. pears and raspberries, all with a glorious freshlyEnjoy! picked taste. I love to wander around, looking at everyone's allotments and am always amazed by the variety of produce, and growing methods – Suzanne is a professional chef, wife and mother who has lived in South East London all her life. from perfect rows to higgledy-piddledy planting. As we move into Autumn Pumpkin, squash, kale, runner beans and leeks make their debut, lamb makes a comeback and it's the start of the mussel season too. In Season This Month You should find that the shops are bursting Fruits & Nuts - Apples, Apricot, Aubergine, with cheap homegrown produce this month, so Blackberries, Blackcurrants, Blueberries, choose your favorite British fruits and get making Loganberries, Peaches, Plums, Raspberries, this lovely crumble recipe! Redcurrants, Strawberries, White currants, Ingredients (serves 4) Cobnuts, Hazelnuts, Quince. Vegetables & Herbs - Artichokes, Aubergines, • 2-3 slices of bread (100g/3oz), crumbed (stale is fine) Beetroot, Broccoli, Cabbages, Carrots, Cauliflower, Chard, Courgettes, Cucumber, • 50g (2oz) rolled oats (or muesli or granola) Fennel, French Beans, Garlic, Kohlrabi, Lamb’s • 100g Butter Lettuce, Onions, Pak Choi, Peas (inc. Sugar • • 1 tablespoon sliced almonds 400g (14oz) any fruit (e.g. 2 apples plus berries) Snaps) Potatoes, Radishes, Rocket, Runner Beans, Salsify, Scorzonera, Samphire, Sorrel, Spinach, Sweetcorn, Tomatoes, Watercress. • 100ml (3ml oz) fruit juice (we use apple juice, but if you don’t have any fruit juice Meat & Game - Pigeon. Lamb, Rabbit, Venison, Wood use a couple of teaspoons of jam or Fish & Shellfish - Black Bream, Crab (brown, marmalade dissolved into 100ml (3fl oz) hen & Spider), Signal Crayfish, Grey Mullet, boiling water) Lobster, Mackerel, Pollack, Prawns, Scallops, • 2 tablespoons of runny honey Sea Bass, Squid, Trout (river – brown and rainbow).

Method 15 minutes preparation time Going Out Of Season

15-20 minutes cooking time Blackberries, Blueberries, Cherry, Mange 1) Add crumbed bread, butter, oats and nuts to tout, Peach, Redcurrant, Strawberries (many a bowl and mix well (use your fingers if need be of these towards the end of the month). to squash it all together).