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Family Favourite – Apple Crumble

October 26, 2020 By James G. Leave a Comment

Apple Crumble

Ingredients

  • 200g plain flour, or 150g plain flour with 50g almond flour of ground
  • 125g (cold) unsalted butter, or salted butter – if using, omit big pinch sea salt
  • 50g granulated sugar

For the Filling:

  • 3 x large Bramley apples, cored and sliced thinly
  • 3 or 4 x tbs of water
  • teaspoon of cinnamon
  • 75g of raisins/sultanas

Takes 15 min, serves 6.

Instructions

  1. Combined the topping ingredients in a large bowl and chop the butter into small pieces. Takes a few minutes. Continue until the mixture resembles small breadcrumbs.
  2. For the filling, put all the ingredients into a pan and onto a low heat on the stove. Let the apples sweat and begin to break down. After 5 minutes, stir and pour into a 3 litre dish, the one I use is 25cm x 10cm. Sprinkle the crumble topping over, and then put into a 180C oven for about 35-40 minutes to get a brown, even colour.
  3. Wait 10-15 minutes to cool, then serve with custard or ice cream.

The recipe is adapted from a Delia Smith for the filling, and the topping recipe adapted from Nigella Lawson. I always found that Delia’s recipe was too dry and the crunch wasn’t crunchy enough. Nigella’s has about 50% more butter in it, plus I tend to sprinkle some Demerara sugar over the top as it goes into the oven. This adds to the crunch nicely.

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