When in lockdown, eat heartily – is the current mantra in my household! I went out for my usual lockdown morning dog walkies, got soaked through and came home feeling cold, wet, fed up and in need of something warm, sweet and quick.
I did have crumble on my mind as i had made a lovely rhubarb crumble for my mum a few days earlier, which took ages what with having to wait 30 minutes whilst it cooked in the oven. The leftovers were great for brekkie, until i discovered the last portion had been eaten by my husband…
So – this was my urgent recreation with whatever i had in the house – and it’s pretty close to the real thing too. Probably took around 5 minutes to make and certainly hit the spot.
Almost instant brekkie crumble
(serves one hungry person – but could do two)
The fruit layer
Some fruit that will go juicy and mushy in the microwave – I used a punnet of blueberries and zapped them for a minute. Rhubarb or apple is great too as that only takes a few minutes to stew.
The crumble
- 1 piece bread (stale is good too) – blitzed into breadcrumbs
- 2 tablespoons oats
- sprinkle of cinnamon, ground cloves or nutmeg or any warm spices you like
- 1 – 2 teaspoons sugar – less or more depending how sweet you like your crumble (i go for v sweet!
- Knob of non dairy spread or butter – coconut oil or other oil works too.
Method
- Melt the spread in a frying pan. Mix the breadcrumbs, spice, oats and sugar together and add to the pan. Fry for 2-4 minutes until the mix has some bite to it like crumble (i.e not too soft)
- Whilst the crumble is frying – zap your fruit in the microwave – it won’t need long, maybe 30 seconds or so.
- Add the crumble to the fruit and there’s your crumble. Lovely with some extra fruit on top and some yogurt and maple syrup. Or cream or ice cream – after all we’re in lock-down.
I also added a sliced banana on top of the hot blueberries before i added the crumble on top. Play around and add in anything you have handy – peanut butter, nuts, seeds…
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