Video:Fresh Fruit Breakfast Crumble

Transcript:Fresh Fruit Breakfast Crumble

Today I'm going to show you how to make a fresh fruit crumble - I really enjoy this for breakfast with a little bit of yogurt. We have some fresh pears, apples, blackberries - it's going to get an oatmeal topping. This is a really easy and delicious dish - let me show you how to put this together.

We're going to prep the fruit for the crumble - I'm going to add my quarter-cup of apple juice, a little squeeze of lemon - about a teaspoon of lemon juice. Since this is a breakfast fruit crumble, I'm going to leave the skin on, which significantly increases the nutritional value. So, I'm going to cut these in half, and then in quarters, and if you lay the apple down on its side like that, and you make one 45 degree cut, that's a really easy way to get the core out. And then we're just going to cut these up in chunks. We're going to cut them in half - you can do a couple at a time - and you want to go not too thick, maybe quarter-inch slices.

So as you chop them, just go ahead and throw them in your lemon / apple juice mixture, and you won't have to worry about any discoloring. Same deal for pears. And every once in awhile, just give them a toss. To complete the filling, we're going to add a half a teaspoon of cinnamon, two tablespoons of flour, and a couple tablespoons of brown sugar. Go ahead and toss that, so the apples are coated with the sugar and the flour, and this is basically the base to the crumble.

So I have a 9x13 baking dish - we're just going to put a little bit of oil in it and then go ahead and dump in your apple, pear, sugar, cinnamon mixture. Now these berries - one basket of berries - these are gigantic, so I'm actually going to hand-place these, because I want everyone to get a little berry.

Okay for the topping for our fruit crumble, we're going to make kind of a classic oatmeal topping, so we're going to start with a cup and a half of rolled oats. We'll add a heaping tablespoon of flour, half a cup of packed brown sugar, and a very traditional spice here, a teaspoon of cinnamon. Also, a pinch of salt - it's going to help bring out the sweetness. And to bring it all together, a third of a cup of melted butter.

Alright, so we're going to mix that together, and you want to make sure every granule of everything - the sugar, the oatmeal, the flour - everything has got a little bit of butter on it, because that's really the thing that brings everything together with these fruit toppings.

Alright, next step - last step - other than the baking. What I like to do is just pile it in the middle and take your fork and just kind of push it out to the sides. Okay we're ready to go into the oven - this is going to go in at 375 for about 40-45 minutes, until the fruit inside is soft and tender, and the top is nice and crispy and crumbly. So we're going to keep an eye on it, check it after a half hour, and then go until the top is well-browned.

So our fruit crumble, our breakfast fruit crumble is done - I'm going to spoon some in my plate here. The beautiful blackberry, the pears, the apples, and that crispy oat topping - so crispy, so crumbly, so delicious. A little dollop of yogurt, a little shake of cinnamon - that is a great breakfast. So next time you're looking for a little change of pace for breakfast, consider a fresh fruit crumble.

I'm Chef John Mitzewish- for more information go to food.about.com.