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Tue, 06 Sep 2005

APPLE CRUMBLE

An apple crumble I made for a meet up with some people from Version Original language school in Barcelona.

Here is the recipe for my favourite dessert: apple crumble. I have tried this dish out on people from all over the world and it's always a hit :)

The following is enough to make a small crumble - enough for about 4 portions

Ingredients:

• Cooking apples: Two
• Self-raising flour: 4 ounces (100 grams)
• Granulated sugar: 1 ounce (25g) + 1 tablespoon (on apples)
• Demerara sugar (brown, rough sugar): 1 ounce (25g)
  (+ 1 tablespoon on crumble)
• Butter: 2 ounces (50g)

Equipment:

• Scales (not essential)
• A small bowl and plate
• A knife (for cutting the apples and butter)
• A pyrex dish (suitable for cooking in the oven)
• A gas or electric oven

If you want to make custard to go with this, I recommend the recipe in Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course. Apple crumble also goes well with vanilla ice cream or plain fresh cream if you can get it.

Instructions:

1. Take two large cooking apples
2. Peel the apples and slice them
3. Add granulated sugar
4. Mix 1oz granulated sugar, 1oz demerara sugar, 4oz flour
5. Add the butter. Use your hands to rub it in.
6. Continue until mixture is lumpy - do not make it too firm
7. Place the crumble on top of the apples.
8. Sprinkle a tablespoon of demerara sugar on top
9. Bake in a pre-heated oven at about 350F (175C)
10. Remove from the oven after 30-40 minutes (when brown)

Top Tip

Here's a dead quick and easy way to make the crumble topping:
First melt the butter in a large bowl. You can do this either on the hob or in a microwave. Then just stir in the flour and sugar and watch it turn into crumble before your eyes. You will still need to get your hands dirty to break up the big lumps, but it is much quicker than rubbing cold butter into the flour.

If you want to make more there's a simple rule for the crumble. The Flour, sugar and butter are always mixed in proportions 4:2:1 respectively.

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