Golden Crumble Plum Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 3/4 cup superfine sugar
• 1 cup polenta
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• cold water, enough to make smooth dough
• 1/4 cup rolled oats
• 1 tablespoon raw sugar
• custard or cream, to serve
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon polenta
• 1 lb dark plum

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, combine flours, sugar, polenta, baking powder and salt.
• 2 take the butter and rub it into the flour mixture with your fingers until it looks like fine crumbs.
• 3 stir in egg and olive oil and enough cold water to form a smooth dough.
• 4 next grease a 9-inch spring-form pan and press 2/3 of the dough evenly over the base and up the sides of the spring-form pan.
• 5 wrap the rest of the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate it while you are preparing the filling.
• 6 at this time you will want to preheat your oven to 350 degress f.
• 7 sprinkle the sugar and polenta into the pan.
• 8 cut your plums in half and remove the pits, and then place the halves cut-side down on top of the sprinkled polenta.
• 9 remove the remaining dough from the fridge and crumble it between your fingers, and then combine it with the oats.
• 10 sprinkle this mixture evenly over the plums and then sprinkle the raw sugar on top of that.
• 11 place in the oven and bake for 50 minutes until golden brown.
• 12 remove from oven and allow it to sit for approximately 15 minutes before you remove it from the spring-form pan.
• 13 once you remove it, leave it to cool on a wire rack.
• 14 when serving, top slices with custard or cream.
• 15 enjoy!