RecipesSloe gin-soaked plums with oat and nut crumble
Spice, vanilla and ruby-red sloe gin complement the sweet plums in this grown-up dessert
Spice, vanilla and ruby-red sloe gin complement the sweet plums in this grown-up dessert
By Asda Good Living,28th January 2019
Cook: 1 Hour
Serves: 8
Price: 55p per serving
Nutritional Information
Each 96g serving contains
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
916kj/219kcal
Ingredients
1 vanilla pod
8 plums, halved and destoned
4tbsp dark muscovado sugar
100ml sloe gin (regular gin or raspberry gin will also work)
1 cinnamon stick
2 balls stem ginger from a jar, chopped
75g plain flour
30g unsalted butter
30g rolled oats
20g hazelnuts, chopped
20g flaked almonds
Method
1Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4.
2Split the vanilla pod and scrape out the seeds. Toss the pod and seeds in an ovenproof dish with the plums, half the sugar, sloe gin, cinnamon stick and stem ginger. Arrange the plums cut side up, cover with foil and bake for 25 mins until tender.
3Meanwhile, to make the crumble topping, rub together the plain flour and butter until it resembles fine crumbs. Stir through the rest of the sugar, oats and hazelnuts.
4Baste the plums with the juices from the dish, then top each one with 1tbsp of the crumble. Sprinkle over the flaked almonds. Return to the oven and cook, uncovered, for 20 mins until the crumble is golden.