Sunday, July 12, 2009

Apple and Custard Crumble

From Super Food Ideas Winter Warmers

1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 tbs vanilla custard powder
1/2 cup caster sugar
800 g can of pie apples
1 cup plain flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
100 g butter
Cream and/or icecream to serve

Preheat oven to 180C. Combine milk and vanilla in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to the boil.

Meanwhile, whisk 1 1/2 tbs custard powder, 2 tbs caster sugar and 2 tbs cold water in a heatproof bowl until smooth. Add hot milk mixture in a dthin stream, whicking constantly. Return mixture to the pan.

Cook, whisking over medium heat until mixture comes to the boil. Reduce heat to low. Stir for 3 minutes or until reduced slightly.

Spoon apples into a six 1 cup capacity oven proof dishes. Pour over custard.

Combine flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, remaining custard powder and remaining sugar in a bowl, stir to combine. Add butter. Using your fingertips rub butter into flour until mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Scatter crumble over custard. Place on a baking tray. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden. Serve with cream or icecream.

You can make 1 large crumble, by placing ingredients in a 6 cup capacity ovenproof dish. Bake for 30 minute or until golden.

I stewed my own apples in the microwave on the automatic stewed fruit setting, without any sugar. I also used wholemeal flour. Very yummy!

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