Apple Crumble Recipe
Ingredients
- Apples- 6-8 / 1 kg (crisp ones, a bit tart are ok)
- Juice of 1 lemon (increase if apples are sweet)
- Sugar (granular) - 2 Tbsps
- Raisins – 1 handful
- Cinnamon - 1 tsp
- Walnuts – ¼ Cup/ chopped
- Topping
- Flour - 1/3 cup
- Sugar- 2 Tbsps
- Cinnamon – 1 level tsp
- Butter - 2-3 Tbsps
- Rolled oats - 1/3 cup (this is soluble fibre!!)
Instructions
- Core and peel apples…chop into small pieces. Toss these with lemon juice immediately after all have been chopped or they will turn brown.
- Toss this well with the raisins + sugar + cinnamon+walnuts.
- Put into shallow pie dish (9“ or 23cm or 1L) and press lightly into place.
- Cook in microwave for 4 mins on medium to save time on baking.
- To prepare crumble
- Mix flour + sugar+ cinnamon with a spoon in a dry bowl.
- Put in cold butter cut into pieces and work with finger tips to make a breadcrumbs like texture.
- Now toss in the oats lightly with a spoon.
- Put this crumble over the apple mixture, covering the whole thing well up to the edges. Press down lightly.
- Bake at 180deg pre-heated oven till top light brown and stewed apple juice begins to appear on edges/about 30mins. If the top begins to brown too quickly, cover with foil until done.
- Allow to cool in dish. Refrigerate.
- Note:Warm in microwave before serving.
- Serve with either a dollop of whipped cream, or vanilla ice-cream.
