My mixed fruit crumble combines all those bits and pieces of delicious ripe fruit you’ve got lying around into one fabulously easy summer dessert.
If your kitchen is anything like ours, I bet you have all the ingredients you need for this luscious crumble already on hand, and that makes it the ideal last minute summer dessert…
what you’ll need to make a mixed fruit crumble
- one or two squishy peaches
- a handful of past-their-prime raspberries and blueberries
- the last few figs from the basket
- a couple of plums so soft you can’t even slice them
- those blackberries you were saving but never got around to
- random currents from the back of the fridge
- whatever else happens to be lying around
a mixed fruit crumble is the kind of no-recipe recipe I adore
You don’t need to follow rigid measurements, just follow your instincts. You’re going to need enough fruit to fill your pan of choice. You might use a pie plate, a square baker, or a gratin dish like I did, just make sure you’ve got enough to really fill it to the brim. Wash but don’t peel your fruit, and toss it with sugar and lemon juice to bring out the flavors, then add some cornstarch to thicken all the wonderful juices that will come pouring out as it bakes.
the crumble topping
The crumble topping requires a little measuring, but not much. You’ll want enough to cover your fruit, so I used a cup of flour, a little bit less of white and brown sugar, some rolled oats, and cold butter. Combine it with your fingers and sprinkle it liberally over the fruit. Now you’re ready to bake!
Check out my Make Ahead Crumble Topping Recipe for the Freezer for prep ahead desserts all summer.
TIP: Use your finger tips to squeeze some of the topping together to form larger ‘crumbs’ to give the topping a nice variety of texture.
those juices!
All that multi-color fruit will bake up into a glorious crimson crumble, but the individual flavors will still be discernible in every bite.
TIP: Set your pan on a rimmed cookie sheet to catch any juices that bubble over.
what to serve with a mixed fruit crumble
There’s something about a crumble that calls out for something creamy — use ice cream, whipped cream, creme fraiche, or yogurt. Or even better, how about with my fabulous whipped yogurt?
more crisps and crumbles
- Breakfast Fruit Crisp
- Rhubarb Crumble Tart
- Cherry Almond Crisp Dump Cake
- Spiced Pear Crumble Bars
- Pumpkin Spice Crisp
Mixed Fruit Crumble
Ingredients
- 1-2 ripe peaches, chopped
- 2 plums, pitted and sliced
- 1/2 cup each blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries
- a few ripe figs, sliced
- anything else you’d like to throw in
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- juice of 1/2 lemon
crumble topping
- 1 cup flour
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup rolled oats
- 6 Tbsp unsalted butter, cut in pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F
- The measurements above are approximate, use enough fruit to fill your pan. Toss the fruit with the cornstarch, sugar, and lemon juice. Let sit for 30 minutes to allow the juices to flow.
- Meanwhile, make the topping. I use my food processor, but you can use your hands if you like. Combine the flour, sugar, and oats, and the pulse in the butter until the mixture is crumbly. Make sure to get the butter really well distributed.
- Pile the fruit into your pan (no need to grease it.) Top it with the crumble mixture. I like to press it together with my fingers to make larger crumbles.
- Set the pan on a baking sheet and bake for about 50 minutes, or until the top is golden and the juices are really bubbling throughout.
Notes
- The cornstarch will only slightly thicken the copious juices in this dessert, it’s meant to be juicy, that’s part of the pleasure.
I’m loving all the different fruit in your crumble!! One of our favorite summer desserts!
Sue, I usually just eat those last few “whatevers” left in the fruit bowl, but next time I’ll throw them all together into this beautiful crumble! Pinned!
Sue, another beautiful presentation – always love how your food looks like art! Very cute title for this recipe as well. Keep ’em comin’!
I’ll do my best Bita 😉
Oh I love this idea…pinning
What a wonderful fruit-centric dessert! The color is beautiful and the taste must be out of this world! I would like to try this with some of your whipped yogurt 🙂 Absolutely perfect dessert!
Thanks for reminding me about the yogurt, I’m going to link to it 🙂
I cooked with figs for the first time recently, they’re so good! Love that you included them in this 🙂
Thanks Becca, the figs were the standout in this, they were sweet and chewy and kept their shape more than the other fruit, I’m planning to do a fig-only crumble because they were so good!
This is such a beautiful dessert. The fruit combinations are lovely. The name is so cute. I will be making this soon!
An awesome dessert and a great idea of use up all the over-ripe fruits sitting in my fridge.
A perfect summer treat. I really like all the different fruit you used.
It was such fun to throw them all in, and they blend so well together when it’s all cooked!
What a great idea! Also, looks so delicious… can’t go wrong with that buttery crumble topping.