Feijoa & Banana Oaty Crumble
Introduction
Serves: 6 or more
Ingredients
120g (4 oz) butter, softened and cut into small pieces
3 Tbsp caster (superfine granulated) sugar
75g (2½ oz) rolled oats
50g (about 12 nuts) Brazil nuts, sliced
3 Tbsp shredded or desiccated coconut
Pinch of ground cinnamon
Finely grated zest 1 lemon
800g (1½ pounds) or more, feijoas
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1-2 frozen bananas, briefly thawed (or nicely ripe banana)
Method
1 Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Sift the flour into a bowl and rub in butter with the fingertips (or use two knives or a pastry blender) until well amalgamated. Mix in sugar, oats, nuts, coconut, cinnamon and lemon zest.
2 Halve feijoas and scoop out flesh. Put feijoa flesh in a bowl and sprinkle with lemon juice, then toss lightly. If using frozen banana, thaw briefly, split skin and scoop out pulp. If using mature fruit, peel and slice thickly. Mix with feijoas.
3 Pile fruit into a lightly buttered ovenproof dish. Spoon crumble on the top, mounding it nice and high as it will sink as it cooks. Bake for about 30 minutes, until fruit is bubbling around the sides of the dish and the crumble is nicely browned.
Recipe Notes
Don’t press hard on the crumble, just pat gently into place to avoid knocking out air and making the crumble hard. Once the crumble is nicely browned, drape a piece of tin foil over the top to stop the nuts burning.