Murcus Wareing's Spiced Apple Crumble Slices
Ingredients
- 6 Granny Smith apples, peeled , cored and sliced
- 100g caster or granulated sugar
- 75g unsalted butter softened
- 40g caster or granulated sugar
- 1 medium free-range egg, beaten
- 2tbsp semi-skimmed or whole milk
- 75g plain flour
- 50g wholemeal flour
- ยฝtsp baking powder
- 25g wheatgerm
- 50g rolled oats
- 40g wholemeal flour
- 15g wheatgerm
- 50g walnuts chopped
- pinch table salt
- 50g caster or granulated sugar
- 1tsp ground cinnamon
- ยฝtsp ground ginger
- ยฝ nutmeg grated
- 60g unsalted butter
Accompaniment
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Description
ndulge yourself with this traditional dessert with a spicy twist.
Method
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Place the apples in a saucepan with the sugar.
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Cover and set over a low heat until the juice begins to come out of the apples.
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Slightly increase the heat and cook until the apples are soft, about 5 minutes, then set aside to cool.
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Preheat the oven to 170C/150C fan/325F/gas 3.
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For the shortbread base, cream together the butter and sugar.
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Add the egg and milk, then mix in the flour, baking powder and wheatgerm.
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Spread over the bottom of a greased cake tin (about 20cm square and 5cm deep) and bake in the oven for 10 minutes.
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Leave to cool in the tin.
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Make the crumble by mixing all the dry ingredients together.
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Put the butter in a small saucepan, melt over a moderate heat, then pour it over the dry ingredients and mix together.
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Spread the apple over the shortbread base, then sprinkle the crumble mix over the top.
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Bake for 10-15 minutes until lightly golden.
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Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
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