Saw this recipe on Orangette recently and thought “Ooooooooh, I haven’t had crumble for aaaages.” Plums are past their best up here already so I decided to use some of the many, many apples that are sitting in baskets outside my back door. Very glad I did too. This was the nicest crumble I’ve ever had and, trust me, I’ve had a few. 😉
Apple Crumble (adapted from Orangette)
7 tennis-ball sized tart dessert apples, cox perhaps
50g sultanas
2 tblspn brown sugar
1 1/2 tbspn
1/4 tspn ground ginger
1/4 tspn cinnamon
For the topping –
150g plain flour
100g brown sugar
1 tspn baking powder
Pinch of salt
Pinch of cinnamon
1 egg
Splash of milk
30g cold unsalted butter cut into 5mm cubes
- Peel and core the apples. Cut into 3cm chunks.
- Toss the apples and sultanas with the flour, sugar, ginger and cinnamon. Pour into a shallow ceramic dish that snuggly fits the apples in one layer.
- To make the topping, sift the flour, sugar, baking powder and cinnamon into a bowl. Beat the egg briefly then add to the dry ingredients. Use your fingers to rub the mixture together into little nubbles. Add a splash of milk if it’s not nubbly enough.
- Sprinkle topping over the apples. Scatter the butter cubes over the topping reasonably evenly spaced.
- Bake in a 180 oC oven for 40 minutes.
- Leave to cool for 30 minutes. This is definitely best eaten when not piping hot.
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Looks delicious!
looks very warming – what a great way to use up some of your apples
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Oooh do you know what? I haven’t had crumble in aaaaggges! I must remedy this.
Interesting ! Definitely to be tried since I have a resident apple-pudding freak . It sounds quite like a Dutch apple-cake recipe with the raisins and spices , so it’s bound to be a success here !
You’ve tempted me again – will make today!
mmm one to tag for my pile of apples too. your photos are always so enticing! The autumnal chill has certainly set in now that the rain has come so a warming apple and ginger combo is just the job. lovely x
I attempted to make apple crumble the other day and boldly decided that I didn’t need a recipe, instead throwing a handful of everything in. I wish I’d seen this recipe first. I think the worst thing about mine was the eating apples I used – evidently the more acidic the apple, the more inclined it is to break down and turn into delicious mush.
Hi Wendy!
Stumbled across this blog on my web travels – another cookery loving teacher in the states! http://lovely-little-things.blogspot.com/
We stil have to do that Cinnamon / cooking thing (I have NO idea where the time has gone!)
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Am just about to make this gorgeous sounding crumble but notice (I think) an error. You mention flour being mixed with the apples? I am going to leave the flour out. I guess the full amount of 150g flour is for the crumble. I will let you know the outcome.
Ok just realised that there is 1 1/2 tablespoon with the ingredient missing. Flour?
Hi Mandy. Yes, that missing ingredient is flour. Will fix that later. Hope it worked out! I’m making it for the first time this year tonight. 🙂