From Citymeals co-founder Gael Greene

Gael and Meal Recipient

Recipe Serves: 8 to 12

A note from Gael:

Grandma used a stick of butter to make this dish. My own fat-phobic version of this old-fashioned family sweet will warm your heart without taxing the arteries.

Fruit Crumble Ingredients:

  • 3 pint boxes of blueberries or 4 cups sliced plums, nectarines or Granny Smith apples
  • 1/2 cup of sugar (3/4 if the fruit is sour or very tart)
  • Juice of half an orange
  • 1 tablespoon instant tapioca
  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon orange juice
  • 1/2 cup uncooked oatmeal or Grape-Nuts
  • Low fat cooking spray

fruit crumble instructions:

  1. Set oven at 350°. Spray 8 x 8 glass baking dish with cooking spray. (or brush with softened butter, if you must)
  2. Wash berries or fruit and slice if it's nectarines or apples (1/4" slices for nectarines, thinner for apples). Put fruit in a bowl, add sugar, 1 tablespoon orange juice and instant tapioca, and toss. Spoon fruit into baking dish.
  3. Mix brown sugar and flour by hand in another bowl or pulse in the food processor.
  4. Add oil and 2 tablespoons orange juice and mix or pulse again until it bunches up a bit. Stir in oatmeal or Grape Nuts.
  5. Spoon crumbly topping over the fruit, covering as much as you can.
  6. Bake in 350° oven 20 to 30 minutes until fruit feels soft to the fork and the top is a little golden.

Fake whipped cream ingredients:

  • 2/3 cup no-fat plain yogurt
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon dark rum (optional)

Fake Whipped cream instructions:

  1. Stir brown sugar, vanilla and optional rum into yogurt in a pretty pitcher or small bowl. 
  2. Wrap in plastic wrap and let sit in the refrigerator at least 20 minutes to melt sugar. Stir again before serving.

To Serve:

Top the crumble with whipped cream or crème fraiche, if you like.