Related: It's Stone Fruit Season: Here's How to Enjoy Peaches, Plums, and More This Summer There are two main parts needed to bake up a crumble dessert—the fruit base and the crumble topping.

For instance, you can use blueberries in the summer, apples in the fall, etc. To prepare a crumble fit for a two to three-quart baking dish, combine around two pounds of your selected fruit ...

Not just for sweet dishes, although they work perfectly in a seasonal fruit crumble or atop a showstopping pavlova, they can also be paired with savoury dishes to create unbeatable summer salads.

Crumble topping can also be made and frozen in resealable plastic bags, for up to 3 months. Sprinkle the topping direct from the freezer over the fruit, breaking up large lumps with your hands.

In the early days of autumn there’s still an abundance of late summer crops ... don’t let them go to waste — this fruit is wonderful in a crumble (treat it like a really dense apple).