for 12 pieces

Dough

150 g	butter, soft
75 g	icing sugar
¼ tsp	salt
200 g	white flour
1 tbsp	water, cold

Crumble cake

75 g	butter, melted
75 g	white flour
50 g	ground almonds
2 tbsp	sugar
600 g	plums, cut into segments

How it's done

Dough

Combine the butter, sugar and salt. Mix in the flour and water, mix quickly to create a soft dough, cover and chill for approx. 30 mins. Roll out the dough into a circle (approx. 32 cm in diameter) between two sheets of baking paper, remove the upper sheet of baking paper. Place the dough in the tin along with the bottom sheet of baking paper, chill for approx. 30 mins.

Crumble cake

Mix the butter, flour, almonds and sugar. Arrange the plums on top of the pastry base. Rub the crumble mixture over the top by hand.

To bake

Approx. 50 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 180°C. Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly, then remove from the tin and leave to cool completely.

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