Lissa & Mumma’s Crumble

Name: Lissa & Mumma’s Crumble
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: European, British
Ingredients: • 900g (or enough to fill ¾ of the dish) Bramley/cooking apples, peeled, cored and cut into segments (see tips if using eaters); • 90g white granulated sugar; • 1 tsp cinnamon (optional); • Splash of lemon juice; • 225g plain flour, sifted (mum says not to bother sifting); • 100g salted butter (or Stork), at room temperature, cut into small pieces; • 75g white granulated sugar; Double all the above if you're like us and love the topping!

6 steps

Prep:10minCook:40min

• If using eaters rather than cooking apples, you may need very little sugar depending on their sweetness. • If adding 100g of blackberries, reduce the number of apples by same amount. • Double the topping because there is no such thing as too much crumble toppin

Updated at: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 16:45:14 GMT

Ingredients

6 servings

For the filling

900gBramley apples

peeled, cored and cut into segments

90gwhite granulated sugar

1 tspcinnamon

optional

lemon juice

For the topping

225gplain flour

sifted, mum says not to bother sifting

100gsalted butter

or Stork, at room temperature, cut into small pieces

75gwhite granulated sugar

Double all

the above if you're like us and love the topping!

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 180 °c (fan)

OvenPreheat

Step 2

To make the topping, place the sifted flour, butter and sugar in the processor and give it a whiz until it resembles crumbs. If you don’t have a processor, place the flour in a large mixing bowl, then add the butter and rub it into the flour lightly, using your fingertips. Then when it all looks crumbly, and the fat has been dispersed fairly evenly, add the sugar and combine that well with the rest.

Step 3

Place the apples in a large bowl and sprinkle over the lemon juice, sugar, cinnamon and stir well to coat the fruit.

Step 4

Add the filling mixture to your baking dish (9-10 inch and shallow). The filling mixture should fill about two-thirds of the dish if you are doubling the topping mixture or three-quarters of this dish if you aren't. Then top with the crumble mixture, spreading it out all over the fruit with a fork but don’t push down.

Step 5

Place the crumble in the centre of the oven and bake it for 30-40 minutes until the top is golden.

Step 6

Serve with custard, pouring cream or vanilla ice cream.