What do you do when you have only a couple of hours to spare before bedtime? You make apple crumble for supper!
Fruit crumble is possibly one of the easiest desserts to make from scratch. It looks impressive and tastes as though there’s a huge labour of love involved but the truth is, I only needed less than 15 minutes to prepare and 60 minutes to watch TV while it baked in the oven.
If you don’t cook or bake very much, I most definitely think that this is the dish to make to impress your friends & family! And what’s more, you don’t even need a whole lot of ingredients, which is a winner in my book. This recipe serves 2, so if you want to make more just multiply the amounts accordingly.
For the filling:
- 2 green apples, peeled, cored and cut into wedges
- 50grams of granulated sugar
For the crumble:
- 85 grams of flour
- 35 grams of butter
- 25 grams of caster sugar (I used demerara sugar though)
# – First, lay the apples on an ovenproof dish or ramekins (for individual serving).
# – Then pour granulated sugar over the apples and ensure they are well coated. Set aside.
# – Sift the flour into a mixing bowl.
# – Add the butter into the flour.
# – Rub flour and butter with your fingers until they resemble fine breadcrumbs.
# – Now throw in the caster sugar (demerara sugar in my case) and mix. This is now the crumble.
# – Next, sprinkle the crumble evenly over the apples.
# – Make sure the apples are fully and evenly covered by crumble, like this.
# – Stick it in pre-heated oven at 190 degrees celcius for 15 minutes then reduce to 180 degrees celcius for a further 40 minutes or till top is lightly brown, so check your oven, ya!
# – Serve with a dollop of vanilla ice-cream for a perfect but simple & delicious dessert.
The combination of the tart & juicy apples with sweet, crunchy crumble is pure heaven! I’m going to make this regularly because the ingredients are readily available & reasonably cheap, the recipe is so easy an 8 year old can make it no problem and most importantly, I LOVE IT!