Salted Caramel Apple Crumble
This recipe is dedicated to my friends, Nick and Elise, whose new house we visited last weekend, and who, very kindly, allowed me to go and fill a bag with apples from the two trees in their garden.
I could I suppose have given them the crumble I made by way of thanks, but, umm, well, I thought it was important to test it first. Maybe I’ll give them the next one…
Don’t fancy crumble? Why not try my Apple & Blackberry Cheesecake?
Salted Caramel Apple Crumble
Serves 4
Pre-heat the oven to 200 C
You will need:
For the salted caramel sauce
3 tbs golden syrup
3 tbs demarera sugar
1/2 oz unsalted butter
2 tbs single cream
1/4 tsb vanilla extract
1 tps sea salt flakes
- Add all the ingredients, but just half the salt into a small pan on a low heat and bring to a gentle simmer, while stirring continuously. Simmer gently for 3 minutes and then take off the heat and put aside to cool
- Once cool, add the remaining salt flakes
For the apples
1 lb apples (weight after peeling and chopping)
3 1/2 oz unsalted butter
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- Melt the butter in a frying pan on a low heat and then add the apples and cinnamon and stir gently for 3 mins or until apples are just starting to soften
- Add the cooled sauce and continue to stir for a further 3 minutes
- Add the mixture to an oven proof dish
For the topping
4 oz wholemeal flour
2 oz unsalted butter
5 tbs demarera sugar
3 tbs chopped walnuts
- Add the butter to the flour and work with your fingertips until you have a crumbly, breadcrumb like consistency
- Stir in the 4 tbs of the sugar and nuts
- Lay out the mix on a baking tray and put in the oven for about 10-15 minutes, until turning brown
- Now spread the mix out over the top of the apples and sprinkle over the final tbs of sugar
- Bake in the oven for 30 minutes
- Serve with vanilla ice cream!
