Apple Crumwell

Let's call it a Crumwell after our friend Cromwell.

     Last night I made one of my favorite British deserts for the first time... Apple Crumble! I had this desert for the first time in 2010 at a luncheon at Trinity Road Chapel, the church I attended when I studied in London. It's a lot like Apple Cobbler only simpler. Crumble is a traditional British pudding that can be made with many different combinations of fruit. Some berry tasty alternatives are blackberry, peach, apple and plum, and rhubarb. So bellow is the recipe I used with yummy results. You guys can easily make it with the help of Grandma Leslie or your parents. If I can make it then I'm pretty sure anyone can.

(recipe from BBC.co.uk food section.)

     

  Ingredients

     For the crumble

•      300g/10½oz plain flour, sieved pinch of salt
•      175g/6oz unrefined brown sugar
•      200g/7oz unsalted butter, cubed at room temperature
•      Knob of butter for greasing

     For the filling

•      450g/1lb apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm/½in pieces
•      50g/2oz unrefined brown sugar
•      1 tbsp plain flour
•      1 pinch of ground cinnamon
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Preparation method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F.
  2. Place the flour and sugar in a large bowl and mix well. Taking a few cubes of butter at a time rub into the flour mixture. Keep rubbing until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
     
     
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  3. Place the fruit in a large bowl and sprinkle over the sugar, flour and cinnamon. Stir well being careful not to break up the fruit.
  4. Butter a 24cm/9in ovenproof dish. Spoon the fruit mixture into the bottom, then sprinkle the crumble mixture on top.
  5. Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes until the crumble is browned and the fruit mixture bubbling.
  6. Serve with thick cream or custard.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     Our delicious creation filled The Penthouse with warmth and a sugary sweet smell!
     It was fun to make and more fun to eat!
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     This desert should easily serve 6 and is still tasty the second time around if you have it for breakfast like I did today :) Try it out soon and then tell me how you liked it! Though apple is my favorite I think I'll try other flavors soon. Blackberry sounds quite nice, but I'll have to wait until those are in season. Until next time... I love you and I miss you little ones!

~Love Auntie~