Belle’s Crunchy-Top Apple Crumble

Name: Belle's Crunchy-Top Apple Crumble
Yield: 1 dish (8-inch)
Ingredients: Filling: 2 tart baking apples (Granny Smith or Bramley) + 2 sweet eating apples, peeled, cored and diced; 1/4 cup (50 g) light brown sugar; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 Tbsp butter; Topping: 2/3 cup (150 g) cold salted butter, cubed; 1 1/2 cups (180 g) all-purpose flour; 1/3 cup (75 g) golden caster sugar; 1/4 cup (50 g) light brown sugar; To serve: warm vanilla custard or heavy cream

Belle rubs a big-clump topping over buttery apples and serves it warm, with custard, to whoever arrives.

One 8-inch dish
Bake 25 min at 375°F (180°C fan)

A painted fluted dish of golden crumble topping over bubbling apple filling, with a small cream jug of vanilla custard beside it, on a red checked cloth with steam rising. — Belle’s reel arrives 3 Nov

Ingredients

Filling: 2 tart baking apples (Granny Smith or Bramley) + 2 sweet eating apples, peeled, cored and diced
1/4 cup (50 g) light brown sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 Tbsp butter
Topping: 2/3 cup (150 g) cold salted butter, cubed
1 1/2 cups (180 g) all-purpose flour
1/3 cup (75 g) golden caster sugar
1/4 cup (50 g) light brown sugar
To serve: warm vanilla custard or heavy cream

You’ll wantpot, 8-inch baking dish and mixing bowl.

Method

Pre-cook: Melt the butter in a pot over medium heat. Add the apples, brown sugar and cinnamon. Sauté 4-5 min, till just tender and glazed, not mushy.
Transfer: Spread the warm apples evenly in the baking dish.
Crumble: Mix the flour and both sugars, add the cold butter, and rub with your fingertips into big, uneven, shortbread-like clumps.
Assemble: Scatter the clumps over the apples, leaving a rugged top for crunch.
Bake: 25 min at 375°F (180°C fan), till deep golden and the juices bubble at the edges.
Rest & serve: Rest 10 min to set, then spoon into bowls with warm vanilla custard.

Inspired by @fitwafflekitchen.

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