Yesterday little monster and I had fun in the kitchen making apple crumble. Here is our completely fool proof recipe.
I have included the quantities that we used but once you've made this once or twice you can adjust the amounts to suit your own taste.
You will need
For the crumble
300g plain flour
155g brown sugar
200g unsalted butter, cubed
For the filling
400g peeled and chopped cooking apples
50g brown sugar
1tbsp flour
1tsp ground cinnamon
What to do
Mix the flour and brown sugar together in a large mixing bowl. Add the butter 1 cube at a time and rub through your fingers until the flour mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
Once the apples have been chopped up place them in a bowl and carefully mix with the brown sugar, flour and cinnamon. Try to avoid breaking up the fruit when mixing.
Grease an oven proof dish, then spoon the fruit into the base. Sprinkle the crumble mix over the top of the fruit but do not pat it down.
Bake in the oven at gas 4/350F/180C for approximately 40 minutes or until the crumble is golden brown and the fruit is bubbling.
Serve with fresh cream or warm custard and enjoy!
M xx
My fiance and I decided that we'd like to use apple crates to put our bottles of homemade ginger beer and elderflower at our reception but were having difficulty finding any that weren't personalised(they cost a bomb) or that were just generally suitable.
Our local shops have started having weekly street markets and I spotted these crates
Although they're not exactly what we wanted, once we've cut them down a little, whitewashed and decorated them they'll be perfect.
Look out for updates on this project, as Sam wants to help I have a feeling it will be interesting!
M xx
