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.

Nigel Slater's fruit crumble tidies away fruit that's past its best under a delicious toasted oat and nut topping. Far too good for the compost heap. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.