Plumble

Well I'm still waiting for the rain to stop in order to take some proper photos of grilling and burger related things, so I thought that in the mean time I'd post something else to keep you lot enthralled. This is a super simple dessert, awesome to throw together for irritatingly unannounced guests and welcome company alike. It works great with most any juicy fruit, however my Polish roots leave me partial to plum which is currently in season.

Easy Plumble

crust:
-1 cup almond flour
-1 1/3 cup 9 grain mix
  (or rolled oats if you can't find any)
-1 cup all-purpose flour
-3/4 cup butter
-3/4 cup sugar
-1 egg
-1 tsp baking powder
-1/4 tsp salt
-1/2 tsp cardamom

filling:
-4 large plums
-3 tbsp sugar
-2 tbsp flour
-1 tsp vanilla



Pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees and get going on the crust. Combine all of the flours and 9 grain mix in a large bowl with the baking powder, salt, sugar, and cardamom. Melt the butter and whisk together with the egg. Add the wet stuff into the dry stuff and mush it around until you get a crumbly dough. Set it aside and grab your plums for the filling.

Wash and cut the plums into slices. They can be kind of a pain in the ass to get off of the pit, but it's worth it. Mix the plum slices with the flour, sugar, and vanilla. No, you don't need lemon or anything to enhance it - the tartness of the plums will be enough.

 Next: the assembly. Line a round 9" cake pan (or whatever you have handy) with parchment paper. I'm really lazy and tend to just crunch a big square of parchment down into the circular pan. There's no need for cutting out round shapes to fit or anything. At this point you smush down half of the crust mixture into the pan, leaving a slight lip around the edges which will eventually help keep the plums in place. Then dump in the plums and spread the slices around as evenly as you can manage. Finally, pinch off knobs of remaining crust dough to cover the damn thing.

As you can see, my dumb ass can't differentiate between plum varieties at the grocery store. Meh.

Stick it all in the oven for about 45 minutes (or until the crust has browned a little) and let cool for at least 10 minutes. At this point you can take the plumble out by inverting it onto a plate, and then repeating the practice onto your serving vessel of choice. Mmmm, lethargo-tastic.