One of the great blessings of late summer is gorgeous, ripe stone fruit. (You thought I was gonna say the blessing is that the kids are almost back to school…lol, that too!)
Peaches, plums and nectarines are overly abundant here in Southern CA, and hopefully where you are too. While I love making a simple, sweet fruit compote with these late summer treasures, fruit crisp is always my first choice.
Before I started to pay attention to the ingredients I was using in my cooking, I’d cream together margarine, brown sugar and oats for the crisp topping and I’d mix cane sugar in with the chopped fruit. Then I’d top the whole thing with vanilla ice cream. Tasty, but quite heavy!
To replace the dairy, grains and cane sugar here I used coconut oil, coconut palm sugar, almond flour, sliced almonds and chopped pecans. Then we top it off with coconut milk vanilla ice cream. Yum-o!
Sound good? Let’s get started…
¾ cup coconut oil
¾ cup coconut palm sugar
⅔ cup blanched almond flour
¾ cup sliced almonds
½ cup Pecans, chopped
dash of sea salt
4 stone fruits, chopped (I used plums and nectarines)
2 tablespoons arrowroot starch
¼ cup coconut palm sugar
1 tablespoon Lemon Zest
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease a casserole pan with coconut oil.
In a medium sized bowl combine all of the topping ingredients and mix until well combined.
In a large bowl, combine all of the fruit ingredients. Mix until well combined. Pour the fruit into the prepared casserole pan. Sprinkle the topping over the top of the fruit.
Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for another 5 minutes, until golden. Serve warm with a scoop of coconut milk ice cream. Enjoy!
Calories: 393
Fat: 25g
Carbohydrates: 43g
Sodium: 125mg
Fiber: 4g
Protein: 6g
Sugar: 5g