Caramelised Apple Crumble

[minesamojito]

I’m sure every one of us will welcome Autumn with an Apple Crumble, I often think of such a simple but warming dish as a pudding equivalent of a hug. I’m sure most of you will have your own version of this classic dish, but I’d like to share with you my own.
I like to caramelise my cooking apples to give them a sweeter warmer edge as often I find apple crumbles simply too sharp.
So I take 6 good sized Bramley apples, this was about all I had this year from my own disastrous crop. I peeled, cored and cubed them and placed them into a large saucepan with 50g unsalted butter and 80g soft light brown sugar, adding a dash of real vanilla extract, and a pinch of mixed baking spice. Heat on a moderate to high temperature until the caramel just starts to thicken and darken slightly. Pour the apple mixture into a pie dish or similar.
Make up a crumble mixture, none of your doughy or sawdust crumbles here, this is crunchy crumbly perfection, place 200g cold unsalted butter cut into small cubes in a food processor. Add 100g ground almonds, 150g plain white flour, 50g rye flour, and 175g light soft brown sugar, blitz until it reaches a breadcrumb consistency and pour over the apple mix into an even layer. Sprinkle a little unrefined brown sugar crystals over the top.
Bake in a preheated oven at 200 degC for 25 minutes until the top is brown and the apple mix starts to bubble over the edge.
Serve with your choice of cream, custard or ice cream.
Cheers
Marcus

[surfingspider]

Yum. Looks great. I like to use oats and demerra auger in my crumble it gives a almost flapjack type flavor

[minesamojito]

Thanks Dude,
Yes I like the oaty style too, but was really chuffed with the rye flour, was an experiment that turned out really well.
Cheers
Marcus

[turkey]

what no meat?

I love a good crumble and alas I must confess to using supermarket pre mix, really like a bit of Rhubarb in there to counter the sweet apple and crumble.

will have to try this with better crumble, as the pre pack mix is too small and really not packing the whole grain goodness that it should given the sugary treats it come with

[minesamojito]

yup..no meat...gasp
try my crumble mix and you will never use the supermarket again, the rye makes this outstanding
Cheers
Marcus

[faz]

mmmmm apple crumble with custard. or ice cream.... or cream for that matter

great pictures again - looking forwards to seeing the cookbook