persimmon crumble

i'm always up for a challenge which my friends are well aware of... so when my friend melinda was given a bunch of persimmons by her neighbour and fobbed them off to me, so i got googling and found out that one of my favourite recipe bloggers just a mum had made a persimmon crumble and it looked amazing.

FRUIT BASE

4 Large Ripe Persimmons (at least 750g of fruit)
1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
2 Tablespoons Honey
1 teaspoon ground Cinnamon
1 Tablespoon Cornflour (optional)

CRUMBLE

1 Cup Plain White Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
115 grams Cold Butter
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar (can use any sugar) 

Instructions

Preheat oven to 170 C fan forced

Clean your persimmons and remove the hard stalk from the centre of the fruit.

Thinly slice them and lay the persimmons in a large ovenproof dish or casserole dish (at least 22 x 22cm)

In a small dish combine the honey, cinnamon, vanilla and heat for 10-15 seconds in the microwave to combine the ingredients.

Stir to combine and add the cornflour if using and mix well.

Pour this over the persimmons and mix to completely coat the fruit.

In a medium bowl, add the flour and baking soda and combine.

Dice the cold butter and add to the flour, using your fingertips begin to rub the butter into the flour to create a soft crumb, this can take a while!

Ensure there are still some lumps, a fine crumb is not ideal for a crumble.

Add the brown sugar and gently combine again with your fingers to blend the sugar into the flour and butter mix. It will resemble crumbs with some lumps!

Pour this over the prepared fruit and evenly spread.

Bake for 35-45 minutes until the fruit begins to bubble around the crumble and the crumble is a golden brown colour.

Remove from the oven and serve warm with your choice of custard, ice cream or both!

Will keep in the fridge for at least 2 days.

Enjoy!

 

have i tried persimmons before? no. was i willing to give it a whirl? heck yes.

they did look nice, but i had no idea if it was going to be worth eating or not once it was cooked

smelt good too

but the final result was excellent and actually delicious!

would absolutely make it again, if by some random chance i happen to have some persimmons again. yum!