I had plans of pie. Strawberry pie. It sounded good and I had it laid out in my head. I certainly had the strawberries, but on finding myself in the kitchen…well just quietly, I couldn’t be bothered.
Crumble sounded like a simpler option, and that it was. It took ten minutes to pull together and about 20 minutes in the oven. Easy? You betcha, and at two minutes thirty five to be eaten? Well that was also an easy one.
Strawberry Crumble
100g melted butter
1 tsp vanilla
zest of a lemon
75g raw sugar
75g almond meal
150g self raising flour
hulled, washed and roughly chopped strawberries
Strawberries into an oven proof dish. Mix all of your remaining ingredients together and spoon mixture on top. Into an oven at 180C for about 20 or so minutes or until golden.
cityhippyfarmgirl 
This looks wonderful. I love your photos too.
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Thanks Debra. A super simple dessert.
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I love the fact that your recipe is so gorgeously simple. Three sentences = done! I bought two punnets of strawberries yesterday and now I know exactly what to do with them 🙂 Love the addition of the lemon and almond meal xx
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Yep, the lemon and the almond bump up the flavour a little bit…ten minutes tops 🙂
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So, so good. Trying this tonight Brydie… I’ve got friends coming for dinner so a ten minute dessert sounds perfect!
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I pig out on the berries this time of year – YUMMERS:)
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We still have to wait a little bit longer for the rest of the berries to come into season, it won’t be long though. Blueberries would also work well in this dish.
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This sounds perfect Brydie. I will be trying this when I have some strawberries. You share the best recipes! x
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Always easy ones Jane 🙂 I love cooking, but I don’t want to spend a whole day pulling a dish together…most of the time anyway!
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I’m so excited about Strawberry season! It’s the time to get picking and eating!
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I’ve been thinking about roasting strawberries but this sounds better 🙂
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I love this time of year for berries. The kiddoes will devour punnets of them before I have time to do much exciting with them. Luckily I managed to keep some aside to decorate the sponge cake. x
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I usually have to hide them at the back of the fridge too BM. Otherwise they schnuffle them out.
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What is it with kids and their strawberry radar?!
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Perfect timing Brydie. Strawberries were $1 a punnet at the market a couple of days ago, and I’m embarrassed to admit I bought SIX punnets. The boys are getting mightily sick of strawberry smoothies. I love crumble and have never actually made a strawberry one! I plan to rectify that TONIGHT!
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Strawberries are done here in Eastern Canada the first week in July. I’m jealous…I’ve crumbled many a pie – no shame in it!
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I always have grand plans for strawberries, but they get eaten fresh before I can do anything with them! I’m going to have to hide a punnet at the back of my fridge to try this 😉
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What a great and nourishing dessert. I love the strawberries I see at the shops at the moment. They are in such abundance and it’s so nice to be able to affordably, over indulge xx
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Ooh, yum. Absolutely delish. I love a good crumble…
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My strawberry season is just about over. Will miss them.
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Wonderful idea Brydie! I might make one this weekend to now- yummo!
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sounds lovely – we have been eating strawberries on our porridge – and I love the green paint on the arms as well as the red t-shirt – such great colour matching!
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I’m not sure how I am feeling seeing all these spring inspired postings from my friends in Australia. It makes it even more real that we are going into Autumn over here!
We had a huge glut of tomatoes a couple of weeks ago but didn’t have the time (or equipment) to make chutney. I geared myself up for this weekend and now we don’t have boxes piled up in the shops at super low prices. There is always next year….
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Crumbles are so good and your strawberries look lusciously sweet and delicious. Your dessert had to be wonderful.
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The strawberries have looked so tempting lately haven’t they? I bought some and made a tart (hehe had plans for a pie too but there you go :P).
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I prefer crumble to pie, so you made a winning decision from my perspective 🙂
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Strawberry crumble yummy!!!
I will give this one a go for sure. I make up a big batch of crumble topping in one go and freeze it in a ziplock bag. Then I have crumble ready for any night without the extra dishes.
Another dish that comes to mind when I see these delicious strawberries is frozen fruit cream. Freeze the fruit and then when frozen whizz them up in a blender to make faux icecream. If you add it with frozen banana its more like icecream if you just use berries its more like gelato.
Ahhh I can see and smell spring and summer is right round the corner!
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