Ingredients - Serves 4 to 6

8oz (225g) flour - plain wholemeal
4oz (100g) margarine
2oz (50g) muscovado or soft brown sugar
1lb (450g) baking apples

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 moderate heat and leave to stew for 5 minutes or so, stirring occasionally. The apple should be just starting to soften, not becoming a pulp.
• Mix 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 1lb. of washed and chopped rhubarb for every 4 people and treat it in exactly the same way. Other varieties could include blackcurrent, blueberry, blackberry and apple, almost anything you like really.

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