1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees using the Circulaire function.
2. Place the fruit of choice for the filling in a Smeg saucepan along with the sugar.
3. Bring to a simmer over a medium to low heat and cook, stirring using a wooden spoon occasionally, until the sugar has dissolved.
4. Meanwhile, place the cold cubed butter and flour into the Smeg Stand Mixer and attach the Beater attachment.
5. Using a low-speed setting allow the butter and flour to rub together to form breadcrumbs. Don’t overmix. Use your fingers to rub the ingredients together if needed. Then, stir through the demerara sugar.
6. Using a spoon, spoon the fruit filling into the pre-baked shortcrust pastry case. Then top with the crumble topping.
7. Bake in the oven for 35 minutes.
Personalise!
Choose from the selection of ingredients below to make this dish more exciting – some examples are below:
- Mix and match your fruit combinations – combine different fruits to create different flavours (choose between, apple, blueberries, raspberries, pear, plums and cherries)
- Add flavour infusions – why not add citrus zest to complement the fruits natural flavours.
- Sweetness – opt for sugar to top the crumble tart, why not choose between brown sugar, honey or maple syrup!
- Spices and herbs – experiment with adding spices like cinnamon, nutmeg or ginger to the crumble topping
