{"id":24966,"date":"2025-06-20T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=24966"},"modified":"2025-06-03T13:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T17:24:32","slug":"celebrate-the-start-of-summer-with-fresh-fruit-crumble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2025\/06\/20\/celebrate-the-start-of-summer-with-fresh-fruit-crumble\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate the Start of Summer with Fresh Fruit Crumble"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_24967\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo-from-Vecteezy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24967\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo-from-Vecteezy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo from Vecteezy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Enjoy this recipe from Chef Nancy Berkoff, EdD, RD, that appears in her book <em>Vegans Know How to Party<\/em>, which is published by The Vegetarian Resource Group.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fresh Fruit Crumble<\/p>\n<p>(Serves 8)<\/p>\n<p><em>Topping<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Vegetable oil spray<\/p>\n<p>2-1\/2 cups unbleached flour<\/p>\n<p>1 cup apple butter<\/p>\n<p>\u00bc cup applesauce<\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, combine flour, apple butter, and sauce until crumbly. Spray a 9- x 13-inch baking dish with oil. Put aside 1\/2 cup of mixture and press remainder into dish.<\/p>\n<p><em>Filling<\/em><\/p>\n<p>3 cups peeled and diced fresh fruit (berries, apricots, peaches, ripe persimmons, nectarines, and plums work well)<\/p>\n<p>1\/4 cup peeled, diced fresh orange (seeds removed)<\/p>\n<p>1\/4 cup raisins (or dried berries)<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon fresh orange zest<\/p>\n<p>1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice<\/p>\n<p>Combine the filling ingredients in a large pot. Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly, until fruit is soft and mixture is slightly thickened. If more sweetness is desired, add 2 teaspoons orange juice.<\/p>\n<p>Spread fruit over topping. Crumble remaining topping over fruit. Bake 30 minutes or until bubbly.<\/p>\n<p>Join The Vegetarian Resource Group for 2 years and receive <em>Vegan Journal<\/em> plus a free copy of <em>Vegans Know How to Party<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy this recipe from Chef Nancy Berkoff, EdD, RD, that appears in her book Vegans Know How to Party, which is published by The Vegetarian Resource Group. &nbsp; Fresh Fruit Crumble (Serves 8) Topping Vegetable oil spray 2-1\/2 cups unbleached flour 1 cup apple butter \u00bc cup applesauce Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24968,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24966\/revisions\/24968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}