Apple Crumble

[chinky 31]

INGREDIENTS:

· 4 cooking apples

· 250 g white sugar

· 200 g plain white flour

· 120 g butter

· 1 clove or cinnamon stick

DIRECTION:

Step 1:

Peel the apples

Firstly, peel and core the apples and roughly dice them into chunks

Step 2:

Cook the apples

Put the apple chunks into a pan, add three quarters of the sugar, the cinnamon stick or clove and cover.

Step 3:

Stew the apples

Allow to stew gently for half an hour, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. Keep checking as they can easily burn at the beginning.

Step 4:

Check the apples

Check that the fruit is cooked by mashing it a bit with the wooden spoon. The apples should be soft but not puréed.

Step 5:

Allow to cool

Put the apples into the serving dish and allow to cool.

Step 6:

Make the crumble

Mix the white flour, remaining sugar and the butter with your fingers in a bowl until it becomes like a breadcrumb consistency.

Step 7:

Preheat the oven

Set the temperature of the oven to 150ºC (300ºF/ gas mark 2).

Step 8:

Add the crumble topping Cover the stewed apples with the crumble topping, without pressing down.

Step 9:

Cook the apple crumble

Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until the crumble is golden brown and crunchy.Serve with cream or ice cream.

Edited September 1, 2009 by chinky

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