This Gluten Free Peach and Cherry Crumble is an insanely delicious, super simple, healthy and totally gluten free version of the humble crumble. Adapted from Get the Glow by Madeleine Shaw.
I am a huge fan of crumble, it is such a fabulously tasty and totally easy peasy dessert, which can be put together in minutes and left to do its thing in the oven. However, with all that refined white flour and sugar, it’s not exactly a health food, is it? So it has always been an occasional treat for me – until now! Enter Madeleine Shaw’s Cherry Crumble – a crumble that is bursting with goodness AND deliciousness…AND it’s easy to make and also gluten and dairy free, making it a great crowd pleaser!
Last week I reviewed Madeleine Shaw’s first book Get the Glow and this delicious dessert was definitely one of the highlights. I have slightly adapted Madeleine’s recipe. In her version she uses only cherries, but I didn’t have quite enough cherries, and so I decided to add in a couple of leftover peaches I had lurking in my kitchen. I’m so glad I did because it really worked and added even more deliciousness and goodness into the mix. The other change I made was to add a couple of tablespoons of honey into the crumble topping – I don’t have an incredibly sweet tooth, but I did find the crumble just needed a touch of sweetness to make it sing. If you have a sweeter tooth than me, you might find you want to add a little bit more.
Madeleine serves this crumble with cashew nut cream, which I have to say, I didn’t bother with as it seemed a bit of a faff – instead I served this with plain full-fat Greek yogurt for me, while the kids chose ice cream, as did my husband. Both accompaniments worked really well, as would regular cream, I am sure. If you need a dairy free alternative, I reckon coconut yogurt or coconut cream would work really well with this crumble as it would complement the coconut oil in the topping.
This was another recipe where the kids totally amazed me – they really enjoyed it. And my little boy (age 5) came back for seconds – of the crumble, not the ice cream!
This recipe would be a great one for making in advance – just prep it all earlier in the day, when you have time and keep it in the fridge until you are ready, then pop it in the oven 30 minutes before you need it. (It needs the slightly longer cooking time as it will be fridge cold). And it is a fab one for leftovers too – either eat cold or reheat in the oven at 180C for about 20 minutes (put the dish in the oven while the oven is heating up, plus an extra 10 minutes or so once the oven is at temperature.)
Hope you love this recipe as much as we did!
Gluten Free Peach and Cherry Crumble
Ingredients
- 400 g cherries stoned
- 2 peaches or nectarines, stoned and roughly chopped
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- Zest and juice of 1 orange
- 100 g walnuts
- 100 g ground almonds
- 100 g gluten free oats do check the packet carefully if you need this to be gluten free
- 75 g coconut oil or softened butter if you don’t need this to be dairy free
Method
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Preheat the oven to 180C.
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Prepare the fruit, then place it in a small saucepan over a low heat together with 1 tablespoon of the honey, the spices and the orange juice and zest. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
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Meanwhile, make the topping. Finely chop the walnuts, or blitz them using a hand blender or food processor. Add the oats and the ground almonds and stir to combine.
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Next add the coconut oil/butter and rub this into the oats/nuts mixture until fairly evenly distributed. Finally stir the remaining 2 tablespoons of honey into the crumble mixture.
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Pour the cherry mixture into an oven dish and top with the crumble mixture. Put into the preheated oven and cook for 20 minutes or until golden on top and bubbling.
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Serve with yogurt, ice cream, cream or a dairy free alternative.
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My mouth is literally watering right now, love the combination of cherries and peach in this crumble, have never thought to use those fruits in this way! On list to make!
Aw, thanks Camilla 🙂 It works so well. I love the combination of cherries, peaches, orange and spices…it just really works and smells amazing! And tastes amazing of course. I love the fact that this pud is stuffed full of healthiness but doesn’t compromise on flavour at all! Thanks for your kind comments – let me know how you get on if you make it 🙂 Eb x
Hi! This looks lovely! I have a recipe that is very similar on my blog…it makes a nice change from the sickly sweet ‘traditional’ version doesn’t it?!
It’s a great alternative to the traditional version – I love the gluten free topping, the nuts add so much extra flavour, and as you say much less sweet than the traditional version. I’ve been slowly cutting down on my sugar intake over the past few months and I am really noticing how things I used to enjoy now taste far too sweet. Thanks for your kind comments 🙂 Eb x
This looks lovely, cherries and peach sounds divine. I haven’t made crumble for years, I must now
Thanks Alison, it is a great combination – this crumble is so easy to make, you should definitely give it a go! Eb x
I don’t think I’ve ever had peaches in a crumble before but love the sound of them with the cherries. I imagine they help to keep the fruit layer nice and juicy! I often make crumbles in summer as we love going fruit picking at our local pick-your-own and I’ll have to try and remember to come back and try the topping recipe next time I make one – even if it’s not with this combination of fruit! Thanks so much for sharing with #CookOnceEatTwice.
Peaches in crumble are amazing! One of my favourite food memories from childhood is of my mum’s peach crumble…which also involved oats in the topping. This nutty oaty topping is really worth trying out – lots of extra flavour and goodness and much less naughtiness!! Do let me know what you think if you try it! Thanks for your kind comments 🙂 Eb x
yum! I love crumble and i always add oats to mine anyway (although not GF!), it was what my mum always did too. adds such a lovely texture and taste xx
My mum did too, Jenny. (And still does, in fact.) Not every time, but sometimes and with certain crumbles – especially her peach one. She calls it a grannyjack if it is made with oats, though – not sure why. I’ll have to ask her…I wonder if anyone else calls an oaty crumble a grannyjack? You are right it does give them a fab texture and taste – and with the addition of honey and nuts it tastes a bit like flapjack – which is no bad thing in my book! Thanks for your kind comments! Eb x
I love the sound of this healthier crumble Eb and the way you’ve presented it makes it look incredibly inviting. Our whole family are massive fans of fruit crumble, but with my folks being more conscious of what they eat (OK, they do fall off the wagon when naughty me presents them with bavarian slices & the likes) they tend to not bother with dessert. Given that the crumble topping contains such healthy nuts (which my folks eat every day) and the filling is my dad’s favourite this will be an absolute winner for them. Personally I’m not a fan of walnuts, but I can imagine that it would work just as well with a different nut.
Angela x
Thank you Angela 🙂 This pudding is absolutely bursting with healthiness – all that fruit, the nuts, the oats, the spices…perfect for anyone who is trying to be careful about what they eat but doesn’t want miss out too much! The topping doesn’t taste overly walnutty, depending on how much you dislike walnuts, you might find you are ok with it, but if not then I’m sure you could substitute with another nut – I’m sure this would be great with pecans, for example. Or just double up on the ground almonds. Eb x
Ooooh peach and cherry, what a delicious combination! Love it! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x
Thanks Kirsty, it’s a great combination – really works! And goes fabulously with the orange and spices too. Eb x
This is just perfection. Everything you make is my kind of food-we have to meet and EAT! x
Aw, thanks Vicki! You say the nicest things. Meeting and eating sounds awesome! We should defintely do that 🙂 Eb x
Peach and cherries… what a fab combo for a summery crumble! I’d really love to try this out on my family for a Sunday lunch. Thanks so much for taking the time to hook your recipe up with this month’s Simple and in Season.
Thanks Katie – it a wonderful combination and with the orange and spices too it is amazing! Do let me know how you get on if you try it 🙂 Eb x