A simple fruit-forward dessert with a buttery shortbread crumble topping that’s easy to make any time of the year.

Recipe:

Yields one 9″ crumble dessert

Ingredients:

Crumble:

• 8 oz Clairesquares Buttery Shortbread
• 1 free range egg
• 2 tablespoon white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginge
• 1 pinch sea salt

Filling:

• 3 cups ripe nectarines (about 4 whole/1 ½ lbs)
• 2 cups blueberries
• 2 tablespoon white sugar
• 2 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon butter

Method:

Crumble:

1) Using a food processor, add the shortbread, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and sea salt to the machine and pulse until a crumb-like texture is reached. Alternatively, crush the shortbread with the sugar, cinnamon and ginger in a Ziploc bag with a rolling pin.

2) In a small bowl, beat the egg. Thoroughly mix the beaten egg with the crumb mixture and refrigerate uncovered.

Filling:

1) Preheat oven to 350˚F. Place a sheet pan on the middle rack of the oven (to catch drips while baking).

2) Butter a 9” glass pie plate with 1 teaspoon of butter and set aside.

3) In a large mixing bowl, mix together 2 tablespoon sugar and 2 tablespoon cornstarch.

4) Wash fruit and cut nectarines into chunks, about ½ “ thick and 1” long. Add the blueberries and nectarines to the sugar/cornstarch bowl. Mix to coat all the fruit.

Assembly:

1) Spoon the fruit mixture into the buttered pie plate and spread evenly throughout.

2) Take the chilled crumble dough and use a spoon or your hands to break up the mixture

into “crumbles.” Sprinkle evenly all over the surface of the fruit.

3) Bake on the preheated sheet pan for 20 minutes. Rotate the sheet pan and bake for another 20 minutes. The fruit juice should be very bubbly and slightly thickened. Once it’s done baking, cool to room temperature.

4) Serve with lightly sweetened whipped cream or yogurt, or vanilla ice cream.