Apple Crumble

Name: Apple Crumble
Cook time: 80 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 500ml Flour; 25ml cornflour; 200ml icing sugar; 10ml GROUND CINAMON; 10ml baking powder; pinch salt; 175 g soft butter; 1 beaten egg; 75ml Chopped Nuts (optional); 5 ml Vanilla Extract; Filling; 2 cans unsweetended pie apples; 50ml caster sugar; 50ml brown sugar; 125ml sultanas; Ground Cinnamon; Thick cream to serve

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Cook: 80 mins

Serves: 8

South African Dessert

Ingredients

500ml Flour
25ml cornflour
200ml icing sugar
10ml GROUND CINAMON
10ml baking powder
pinch salt
175 g soft butter
1 beaten egg
75ml Chopped Nuts (optional)
5 ml Vanilla Extract
Filling
2 cans unsweetended pie apples
50ml caster sugar
50ml brown sugar
125ml sultanas
Ground Cinnamon
Thick cream to serve

Accompaniment

Description

This recipe was first given to me by my mother, who was my inspiration in cooking. It is foolproof and works every time.Enjoy!!!

Method

1
1. To make pastry, sift together flour,cornflour, sugar,cinnamon, baking powder and salt.
2. Rub in butter until crumbly, then add egg, nuts and vanilla. Mix well, knead and form into a ball.
3. Wrap in greasproof paper and leave in freezer for a few hours until hard.
4. Grate 2/3 of the pastry coarsly onto the bottom of an ungreased deep 22 cm pie dish or loose bottomed, spring-form cake tin.
5. Cover bottom completely, distributing dough evenly, but don't press down - use a fork to spread it around.
6. Chop apples and mix with sugar and sultanas.
7. Spoon on top of pastry, top with a sprinkle of cinnamon, then grate remaining dough evenly over the top.
8. Bake at 160degrees C for 1 hour.
9. Serve hot or at room temperature dusted with the icing sugar and with a bowl of thick cream.