Fruit Crumble

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
• 2 lbs peaches or nectarines or plums or apricots or a combination of this fruit, pitted & cut into 1/2-inch-thick wedges
• vanilla ice cream

Directions

1. 1

   Put a rack in middle of oven & preheat to 425 degrees F.

2. 2

   Butter a 9 1/2-inch deep-dish glass pie plate.

3. 3

   Combine flour, sugar, almonds, & salt in a food processor & pulse until nuts are coarsely chopped.

4. 4

   Add butter & pulse until mixture begins to clump. (DO NOT OVERMIX.).

5. 5

   Spread fruit in pie plate & sprinkle topping over it.

6. 6

   Bake crumble until fruit is tender & topping is golden brown, 25-30 minutes.

7. 7

   Cool slightly on a rack.

8. 8

   Serve warm with ice cream.