Apple Crumble

I love tart desserts and love anything with apples and nuts.

We had some friends over on Melbourne Cup Day and i wanted to make something refreshing. I put together this recipe from the internet and just modified it to suit my taste. It was abit too tart but i love it that way. Not such a hit with the kids but the adults like it. Healthy, refreshing and in my opinion yummy. Please do try it.

Ingredients (crumble):

- 75gms walnuts

-100gms almonds (with skin on)

- 100gms flour

- 85gms butter

- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

- 40gms raw sugar (adjust to suit taste)

Ingredients (fillings):

- 3 large green apples (skin peeled and cored)

- 2 large pears (skin peeled and cored)

- 1 bunch of Rhubarb (pick the nice red parts and chopped to 2 cm sizes)

- grated ginger (just a small piece)

- good squeeze of lemon juice (half a lemon)

- 35gms honey

- 10 gms of brown sugar

Method:

- I cooked the filling first. Chopped and core all the fruits. I squeeze a whole lemon in which is why it is so tart. I think half a lemon will be good enough for this recipe.

- All the fruits total to 1kg in the Thermomix and place all ingredients in the bowl

- Cooked it for 8 mins/100degress/Speed 1

- Place the cooked filling in the baking dish. I let it set for a while and baked it only when it is ready to be serve.

- while the filling is cooling down, i proceed with the crumble. 

- I pre toasted (7 mins at 175C) the walnuts and almonds to give it an extra crunch. I also saved some chopped walnuts to sprinkle on top of the crumble before the baking process.

- Place all the crumble ingredients in the bowl. I used the turbo button to slowly get the consistency i like. I prefer by crumble with a slight texture, if you like it really fine, then you can get it to mix longer in the processor.

- As my filling was too tart i had to add more sugar for the crumble. Feel free to adjust as you go.

- I set the crumble aside and just spread it on top of the filling when ready to bake. Remember to sprinkle with more nuts.

- Bake for 20 minutes or golden brown on a 180C oven.

- You can substitute with any nuts.

 The filling getting ready to be cooked in the Thermomix

Pre toasted nuts.

The beautiful colour of Rhubarb. I have never used them in any cooking but they taste delightful. Nice tart taste which combines nicely with the apples and pears. I serve the apple crumble with vanilla ice cream and yet it was still tasting way too tart. :) cool it on the lemon next time ..

I did not have a chance to take a picture of the final product as everyone was digging into it way too fast. But definitely a keeper for hot summer dessert.