Apple crumble

Name: Apple crumble
Yield: To Serve Six
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 1 level teaspoon cornflour mixed with 2 tablespoons cold milk; 1 level teaspoon cornflour mixed with 2 tablespoons cold milk; 2 eggs, separated; 1 strip lemon peel and grating of nutmeg or 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar; 1 strip lemon peel and grating of nutmeg or 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar; 1 strip lemon peel and grating of nutmeg or 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar; 2 level tablespoons castor sugar; 425 ml (¾ pint) milk; 100 g (4 oz) butter; pinch salt; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 100 g (4 oz) flour; 175 g (6 oz) soft light brown sugar or white sugar; 175 g (6 oz) soft light brown sugar or white sugar; 1-2 tablespoons water; 675 g (1½ lb) apples

Preparation info

To Serve
Six

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

British Cooking

By Caroline Conran

Published 1978

About

Ingredients

675 g (1½ lb) apples
1-2 tablespoons water

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Peel, quarter and core the apples, slice them up and put them into a buttered 1.2-litre (2-pint) baking dish with 1-2 tablespoons of water and 25 g (1 oz) of the sugar.

Mix the remaining sugar with the flour, cinnamon, and salt and work in the butter, breaking it up with the fingers until it is like coarse crumbs. Sprinkle the mixture over the top of the apples and