We often need a dessert recipe that’s easy, that stretches for several people and that’s still yummy. This apple crumble is one of my “saviour” desserts because it takes almost no effort to make and so far I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t like it. The apples go nice and gooey in the brown sugar mix and the crumble is extremely tasty. I also added walnuts to the crumble so it has a lovely crunch as well.
I’m not a great apple eater. I think I had way to many at one point and now I find them boring. HOWEVER I love them crazily in desserts and even on savoury dishes. I just don’t like it straight from the fruit haha.
We’ve done this crumble before when we did the berry bars and also the chia muffins with crumble on top. I love that about cooking: once you nail a technique you can apply it to several dishes :).
I used individual moulds and if you’ve been following me for a while you know I like to give my guests a “mini dessert” each instead of making a large one to split. However you can make it in a large mould as well if you prefer or if you’re cooking for lots of people.
I served it with vanilla ice cream because the apple crumble is obviously yummier warm than cold. It even works really well if you reheat it in the microwave if you’re scared that popping it back into the oven would burn it. And with the vanilla ice cream it’s spectacular. Of course you can switch the flavour for cinnamon, dulce de leche, ginger, etc.
Apple Crumble
Ingredients
For the crumble
- 60 g unsalted butter cold and cut in cubes
- 130 g all purpose flour
- 150 g brown sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 100 g chopped walnuts (not toasted)
For the apples
- 6 Pink Lady or Royal Gala apples
- 1 lime, juiced
- 250 g brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp salt
- 100 g unsalted butter, melted
- 1 tbsp all purpose flour
Instructions
For the crumble
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Put everything but the walnuts in a bowl and mix. Pinch the butter cubes with your fingers along with the flour until it becomes a homogeneous mix that looks like wet sand. For further reference watch the video lines above.
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At the end add the walnuts and reserve. It's best to keep it in the fridge if it's a hot day.
For the apples
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Mix everything except the apples and reserve.
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Peel, core and slice the apples to 2mm in thickness.
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Mix the apples with the rest of the filling ingredients and lay in individual moulds or a large one. Press down gently to minimize the amount of air between them.
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Put the crumble on top.
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Take to a preheated oven at 180C for 40min or until golden ontop and bubbly.
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Let rest for 15min before eating.
