The Perfect Toffee Apple Crumble

Ingredients

• 200 grams plain flour
• 100 grams butter cut into cubes
• 50 grams caster sugar
• 50 grams pecan nuts roughly chopped (optional)
• 5 large crisp eating apples
• 150 grams fudge roughly chopped

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 190C or 374F. Sift the flour and place in a food processor with the butter, blitzing until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs, as coarse or fine as you wish.
2. Stir in the sugar and chopped pecan nuts, if you are using them.
3. Peel, core and quarter the apples, then slice each quarter into three or four pieces. Butter a 1.8 litre pudding dish and fill with the apple and fudge. Sprinkle the crumble over the top.
4. Bake for 35-40 minutes, then leave to rest for 5-10 minutes before serving. The toffee is created as the fudge melts. Thick pouring cream is the perfect accompaniment.