Here the crumble is served with cream, but it tastes just as delicious served with either custard or ice creamThis is my own recipe which I came up with one quiet Saturday afternoon several years ago when we were living on another farm. I was inspired by the Cardamom which a lot of the local people use here in tea and for baking (cakes, especially), I had never cooked with it before - and so my Peach and Cardamom crumble was born !
The Cardamom in this recipe gives the peaches a lovely, warm flavour and the addition of milk powder to the topping gives this crumble a rich, buttery flavour.
Cardamom comes from a reed like plant grown in Tanzania. The Cardamom seeds (extracted from the pod) are crushed into a powder, which is used for cooking & baking. Although you can buy the powder, I prefer to keep the pods on hand and crush the seeds myself, as the flavour is more intense this way..
Peach & Cardamom Crumble
410 gm Tinned Peaches, sliced
½ tsp Cardamom, ground
190 ml Flour
125 ml Brown Sugar
60 ml Milk Powder
70 gm Margarine
Place the sliced peaches into a buttered pie dish. Sprinkle the ground Cardamom over the peaches, & mix to coat. In a separate bowl, blend the flour, sugar, milk powder & margarine together to resemble fine bread crumbs. Sprinkle over the peaches, pat down lightly and bake at 190 ’C/375 ’F/Gas Mark 5 for 30 minutes until golden brown. This crumble is delicious served hot or cold with custard, cream or ice cream.
The Cardamom in this recipe gives the peaches a lovely, warm flavour and the addition of milk powder to the topping gives this crumble a rich, buttery flavour.
Cardamom comes from a reed like plant grown in Tanzania. The Cardamom seeds (extracted from the pod) are crushed into a powder, which is used for cooking & baking. Although you can buy the powder, I prefer to keep the pods on hand and crush the seeds myself, as the flavour is more intense this way..
Peach & Cardamom Crumble
410 gm Tinned Peaches, sliced
½ tsp Cardamom, ground
190 ml Flour
125 ml Brown Sugar
60 ml Milk Powder
70 gm Margarine
Place the sliced peaches into a buttered pie dish. Sprinkle the ground Cardamom over the peaches, & mix to coat. In a separate bowl, blend the flour, sugar, milk powder & margarine together to resemble fine bread crumbs. Sprinkle over the peaches, pat down lightly and bake at 190 ’C/375 ’F/Gas Mark 5 for 30 minutes until golden brown. This crumble is delicious served hot or cold with custard, cream or ice cream.
