Apple & Pear Crumble

Apple & Pear Crumble

For this recipe, I used apples and pears but you can use any great fruits such as rhubarb, peaches, strawberries, blackberries, plums or gooseberries or a combination of them. Make sure that you only stew the firmer fruits like apple and rhubarb, everything else can just go straight in the oven as is

So, crumble is a popular British dish that uses very simple ingredients, it gives a nice change from pie and pie crusts

Crumble

Makes one dish of crumble

You will need

For the filling
1lb/500g apples (peeled, cored and chopped)
1lb/500g firm pears (peeled, cored and chopped)
3 tbsp Sugar

For the topping
6oz/175g Plain Flour
3oz/75g Butter 
1.5oz/40g Sugar

Ingredients

• Preheat oven to 200C/400F

• In a heavy large saucepan, add the chopped apples and 125ml/4floz water, bring to boil, cover and simmer gently for 5 minutes

Apples and water

• Drain the water from the apples and add the chopped pears and the sugar. Mix well

Fruit and sugar

• Spoon fruit into a flan dish or other ceramic or glass baking dish

Pour into dish

fruit in dish

• For the crumble topping, sift the flour into a large bowl

Sift the flour

• Break and add the butter, rub together to form small breadcrumbs

add butter

Flour and butter

• Add in the sugar and mix well

added sugar

• Spoon the crumble over the apples and pears evenly

Crumble topping

• Bake in oven for 35 minutes until the fruit bubbles and the topping is slightly golden

Golden crumble

Apple and Pear Crumble

• Serve hot with warm custard or pouring cream, or equally, enjoy cold

Scottish Crumble

You can also add some cinnamon and/or brown sugar to the topping to add that extra Autumn/Fall taste

Hope you enjoy some crumble this Autumn