Puddings

 

A tropical take on a great British pudding.

Mango Crumble & Custard

A tropical take on a great British pudding.

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4. Peel and slice mangoes and banana. Arrange in ovenproof dish with sugar, cinnamon.
2. Sift flour, salt into a bowl. Rub butter in until mix looks like fine breadcrumbs. Add sugar. Sprinkle lightly over fruit. Cook 20–30 minutes. Eat with custard (see pg 187 of Eat Vegetarian for a recipe) or ice-cream.

YOU CAN

• add lime juice, pineapple, passion fruit
• add cinnamon, mixed spice, grated lemon, ground almonds to crumble
• make Apple Crumble. Stew 3 peeled, sliced, cored apples in 2 tbsps water, 1 tbsp sugar, 2 tsps butter on low heat for 5 minutes. Use as above. Cook 30-40 minutes. Vary with banana, raspberries, poached plums (see pg 37 of Eat Vegetarian for the recipe).
• make rhubarb crumble. Poach 500g/17oz rhubarb in 4 tbsps water, 1 tbsp sugar for 3-4 minutes. Tip into dish. Add raw strawberries if you like. Top with crumble.