Newsletter Issue 6 September/October 2006 - Go to page 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12

Café Recipe

Real comfort food, just right for the shorter days and longer nights, and English Bramley Apples are now in season and available in the shop.

Apple
Crumble
For four
people

Ingredients

225g of plain wholemeal flour
100g of margarine or butter
50g of muscovado or soft brown sugar
450g of baking apples
Lemon juice

Method


  • Wash, core and chop the apples into chunks. Put in a pan with 4 tablespoons of water and a little lemon juice. Put on a moderate heat and leave to stew for five minutes or so, stirring occasionally. The apple should be just starting to soften, not becoming a pulp.
  • Mix the flour and margarine with the fingertips until it is like the texture of breadcrumbs. Add the sugar and mix.
  • Put the cooked apples in a greased pie dish and sprinkle with a little more sugar. Cover with the crumble mixture.
  • Bake in the oven at gas mark 5, 190°C, 375°F for 30 to 40 minutes, or until brown on top.

This recipe can be used to make any sort of fruit crumble. For example rhubarb - just substitute the apples with 450g of washed and chopped rhubarb for every four people and treat it in exactly the same way. You could also try blackcurrant, blueberry, blackberry and apple, almost anything you like.

For more recipes take a look at our website: www.eighth-day.co.uk