With apples in season here…it’s time for ‘APPLE CRUMBLE’

“I know the look of an apple that is roasting and sizzling on the hearth on a winter’s evening, and I know the comfort that comes of eating it hot, along with some sugar and a drench of cream… I know how the nuts taken in conjunction with winter apples, cider, and doughnuts, make old people’s tales and old jokes sound fresh and crisp and enchanting.”

Mark Twain

APPLE CRUMBLE

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!!)
Method:

• Core and peel apples…chop into small pieces. Toss these with lemon juice immediately after all have been chopped or they turn brown.
• Toss this well with the raisins + sugar + cinnamon.
• 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. Refridegrate.

Note:Warm in microwave before serving.
Serve with either a dollop of whipped cream, or vanilla ice-cream.