We don't often get to eat warm Christmassy desserts down under, but crank the aircon and get mixing and to channel your inner Mrs. Claus. YUM.
This isn’t your ordinary fruit crumble, it’s Christmas in a dish. A buttery, golden topping laced with marzipan turns this classic comfort dessert into something truly special. Think juicy spiced fruit bubbling beneath a nutty, sweet, almond-scented crown that’s as festive as it is nostalgic. Serve it warm with a dollop of clotted cream, custard, or ice cream and prepare for merry silence around the table — the good kind. Now go get warm and festive with one of my favourite Christmas songs!
Try some of our other Humble Crumbles;
Need
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The Fruity Bit
- 1 Batch Fruity Pear Mince This does not have to be pre-made Recipe
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The Crumble Bit
- 1/2 Batch Marzipan pre-made and uncooked (you won't need it all) Recipe
- 60 Grams unsalted butter BUY
- 1 Pinch pink salt flakes BUY
- 95 Grams plain flour BUY
- 50 Grams dark brown or muscovado sugar
- 50 Grams almonds
- 50 Grams almond slivers
Do
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Prepare the Fruity Pear Mince and divide between baking dishes of choice.
- 2
Preheat oven to 180°C.
- 3
Dice marzipan into cubes.
- 4
Place butter, salt and flour into the Thermomix bowl and blend 5 sec/speed 8.
- 5
Add the sugar and blend 5 sec/speed 5.
- 6
Add the almonds and combine 15 sec/Interval. Stir through the cubed marzipan.
- 7
Pile on top of the fruit mince and place into the oven. Bake 20 minutes until golden and fragrant.
- 8
Serve with ice cream or Brandy Cream Sauce.
Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of nine, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!
