Recipe: Apple crumble

BBC Food

Ingredients
For the crumble

• 300g/10½oz plain flour, sieved pinch of salt
• 175g/6oz  sugar
• 200g/7oz butter, cubed at room temperature
• butter for greasing

For the filling

• 450g/1lb cooking apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm/½in pieces
• 50g/2oz  sugar
• 1 tbsp plain flour
• 1 pinch of ground cinnamon

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
• Place the flour and sugar in a large bowl and mix well. Taking a few cubes of butter at a time rub into the flour mixture. Keep rubbing until  the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
• Place the fruit in a large bowl and sprinkle over the sugar, flour and cinnamon. Stir well being careful not to break up the fruit.
• Butter a 24cm/9in ovenproof dish. Spoon the fruit mixture into the bottom, then sprinkle the crumble mixture on top.
• Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes until the crumble is browned and the fruit mixture bubbling.
• Serve with thick cream, custard or good vanilla ice-cream.