Strawberry and Almond Crumble

I love this recipe in the summer when I go to visit family in England because you can go and pick fresh strawberries which are red, plump, sweet and delicious. This is also another good Nigella recipe.

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 6
• Yields: 1 crumble

Ingredients

• 500  g strawberries, hulled
• 50  g caster sugar
• 25  g  ground almonds
• 4  teaspoons vanilla extract
• 75  g  cold butter, diced
• 100  g  sliced almonds
• 75  g demerara sugar
• 110  g whole wheat pastry flour
• 1  teaspoon baking powder

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 390 degrees farenheit. use an ovenproof pie dish that can hold 1.25 litres.
2. Put strawberries into your pie dish and sprinkle over them the almonds, sugar and vanilla extract. mix with hands a couple of times to combine the ingredients.
3. For the crumble topping put in the flour and baking powder in a mixing bowl and rub in the cold, diced butter between thumb and fingers. when your finished it should resemble rough, pale oatmeal.
4. Stir in the flaked almonds and sugar with a fork.
5. Tip topping over strawberry mix in an even layer and giving a bit of a press at the edges of the dish.
6. Bake for 30 min or until golden.