Fruit crumbles are a comfort food usually made with refined flours, margarines/oils, and refined sugars. They taste delicious, of course, but are far from healthy and need to be eaten in moderation.
Unless, you try our utterly scrumptious, sweet and zingy pineapple crumble that is. This version is completely fat and oil free, yet you would never know it. THIS is a crumble on steroids, it’s that good… but without the guilt or potential weight gain.
Reasons To Make Pineapple Crumble
1. It’s versatile
This completely plant based crumble recipe is versatile, meaning you can swap the pineapple out for any fruit you fancy. For example, apples, rhubarb, plums, blackberries, frozen cherries, or frozen blueberries all make a fantastic crumble base that you can use with your oaty topping.
2. Eat for breakfast
One of the best things about eating a whole foods plant based diet is the fact that you can eat ANYTHING, anytime. Literally anything goes when you’re eating plant foods. You can eat dinner for breakfast and breakfast for dinner, and not even bat an eyelid.
This vegan crumble recipe is exactly one of those foods that works perfectly as a breakfast food, due to it basically being fruits and oats. That’s everything you need for a great start to the day, especially if you serve it with some soya yoghurt for extra protein.
3. It’s FAT FREE!
As this pineapple crumble recipe is naturally fat free, you can eat it as part of a weight loss diet too!
One of the famous plant based Nutritionist’s once said ‘The fat you eat is the fat you wear’. Therefore, keeping your diet low fat with just a little whole fats added (never oils) is the perfect way to stay in shape, and you can do it tastily with treats like this crumble.
4. It’s simple to make
This pineapple crumble could not be more simple to make. Literally anybody could do it, so do not worry if you’re not a mastermind in the kitchen. This recipe cannot go wrong so long as you follow the simple instructions.
There’s only four ingredients in this crumble, and mostly they are store-cupboard staples such as oats, maple syrup, cinnamon and fruits.
5. It’s very healthy
The main ingredients of oats and pineapple in this crumble are fantastic for your health, and can be a perfect part of your healthy eating diet plan.
Oats have the following benefits:-
- They’re heart friendly – Oats help to lower bad cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease.
- Oats help prevent type 2 diabetes – due their low GI value and slow release carbohydrates, oats are good for those with diabetes as they help to keep blood sugar stable.
- Weight loss – Oats can help with weight loss due to their satiating properties, beta-glucans, and high fibre content that keeps you fuller for longer.
- Gluten free – Oats are a gluten free grain, therefore good for those with gluten sensitivities.
- High fibre content – The high fibre content of oats means not only are they good for weight loss, but they’re also good for the digestive tract, helping to push debris through and keeping you regular. Fibre slows down a food’s carbohydrate release into the bloodstream, giving you more sustained energy and keeping your mood stable.
Pineapple health benefits:-
- High in nutrients – Pineapple is high in nutrients such as vitamin C, manganese, potassium, iron, B6, copper, enzymes and antioxidants.
- May aid digestion – The enzyme bromelain found in pineapple can be of help in the digestion of protein.
- May help boost immunity and reduce inflammation – The collective nutrients in pineapple can possibly help boost immunity and reduce chronic inflammation when eaten regularly.
- High fibre – The high fibre content of the delicious and nutritious pineapple is filling and detoxifying for the digestive tract.
- Weight loss – Again, the high fibre content of pineapples are filling and satiating, helping to keep your satisfying until your next meal.
How To Make Pineapple Crumble
1. Prepare your pineapple
You can use fresh or frozen pineapple here, but just make sure it’s as sweet as you can get it because it makes all the difference to how ‘pineapply’ your crumble will taste. It’s always the sweet and sticky pineapples that give you the best flavour, but do as best as you can on this front.
Chop your pineapple into bitesize pieces and add it to your oven-proof dish. If using frozen pineapple, leave to defrost beforehand thoroughly. You now need to add around half a cup of water and a little maple syrup and mix into your pineapple. Squash around half of your fruit down with a fork to release the natural juices.
2. Prepare your oaty topping
To make your crunchy crumble topping you simply add the rest of your maple syrup and the cinnamon to your oats and stir in thoroughly. This leaves you with a delicious and aromatic crumble topping that needs no fats to combine. The maple syrup works as the perfect binder instead of using fats, and tastes just as good, if not better, once baked.
Place blobs of your crumble mixture over your pineapple base and even out with the back of a fork. Be careful with this process and try to get coverage over all of your pineapple.
3. Bake
Bake your crumble in the middle of your oven on medium-high heat until dark golden brown.
What To Serve With Pineapple Crumble
This crumble is delicious eaten alone, but even better with something creamy on the side, Plant based topping options include:-
- Homemade, 2 minute blender ice-cream
- Soy or coconut yoghurt
- Oat cream
- More fruits or fruit coolies
- Raw berry jam
Sweet & Zingy Pineapple Crumble Recipe (Completely FAT FREE!)
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
- Wooden spoon
- Fork
- 8-10 inch, round oven proof dish
Ingredients
- 550 g fresh pineapple chopped into very small and some bigger pieces. Try and find a super sweet and juicy pineapple if you can.
- 200 g rolled oats Use chunkier steel cut oats for the best texture
- 7 Tbs maple syrup
- 2 heaped tsp cinnamon powder
- ½ cup water
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 180C (356F)
- Add your chopped pineapple to an oven proof dish with a rough diameter of around 8-10 inches.
- Mix your water and 2 Tbsp of your maple into your pineapple and gently mix until thoroughly combined.
- In a separate bowl mix together your oats, the rest of your maple, and cinnamon with a wooden spoon until well combined. Your oats will start to clump together a little and that's fine. With a spoon, blob your oat mix little by little over your pineapple as evenly as possible. Use a fork to spread it out so that you have full coverage of your fruit.
- Bake for roughly 25-30 minutes in the middle of your oven. You want the finished crumble to be a dark caramel colour on top to be cooked properly.
- Enjoy on its own or with some homemade vanilla nice-cream, vegan cream or whip.
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