25Feb '10
Apple and pear crumble
It’s still freezing cold outside and that’s the only excuse I need to make a crumble! Sometimes I make my own custard too but I must confess, on this occasion I resorted to a popular ready-made variety in a carton. The topping is not a traditional crumble topping. I stole the idea from my mum who makes fabulous crumbles with oats!
Ingredients
- 2 cooking apples, chopped or sliced
- 1 tin of pear quarters in juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2-4 tablespoons dark brown sugar, demerara or caster sugar (according to taste)
- A handful of raisins
- A handful of sliced toasted almonds
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- Approx 50g unsalted butter
- Oats
Method
- Mix the lemon juice, apple pieces, pears, sultanas, almonds and about half the pear juice in an ovenproof dish.
- Sprinkle in half the sugar.
- Melt the butter and add the remaining sugar.
- Stir in oats, a few tablespoons at a time, until you have enough to cover the fruit.
- Sprinkle in the cinnamon.
- Cover the fruit with the crumble mix and bake in the oven at 200 degrees covered for 15 minutes and uncovered for the final 10 minutes.
The apple pieces should have kept their shape despite becoming quite soft.
Serve hot with custard, cream, ice-cream or a combination of all three!
