Preheat your oven to 180C.

Crumble

In a bowl add all the dry ingredients and combine well with a hand whisk. Once combined, add the melted butter and make sure its all well combined and some small ‘clumps’ are evident.  Set aside.

Apple Base

In a bowl add all the dry ingredients and combine well with a hand whisk. Set aside.

Peel and core the apples and cut the apple flesh into approx 12mm cubes. It doesn’t have to be accurate. Remember the larger the pieces, a little more time may be needed in cooking.

Add the chopped apple to the bowl of dry ingredients and using your clean hands work the apple through the mixture to make sure it’s coated on all sides and all the dry is used. 

Assembly

Place the coated apple pieces into a 25cm pie dish (approx 6cm deep) and spread evenly.

Top with the crumble mixture making sure using your hands that it has different size ‘crumb/lumpy’ bits to give it lots of texture.

Cooking

Please the assembled dish into the middle of the oven and cook for approx 35mins or until the crumble is toasty and golden brown. The apple inside will be soft and  have formed a rich oozy sauce.

Serve

Serve on it’s own or with fresh Jersey or pouring cream.

Additions you might like

Don’t be afraid to experiment with this recipe. You can use different fruit, or you can like I often do, add flaked almonds to the crumble mixture or coconut and I am also prone to putting some dark chocolate drops in the apple mix to create an oozy chocolate sauce. 

By: Chrissy Rob