Home-made Apple crumble

Yesterday our house was filled with aromas of Granny Smith apples baking in cinnamon, ginger & butter. I was heady with it and so were the neighbors. This simple apple crumble recipe is WOW and double WOW after a day when all the flavors have amalgamated properly. So here’s how to drive your hubby & family crazy with aromas of all things good & true…

Ingredients:

• 150 gm butter
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1 apple finely chopped
• 2 tsp caster sugar
• 100 gm plain flour
• 100 gm brown sugar

Method:

Pre heat oven to 200 degree C. To make the crumble, put 50 gm butter in a pan with ginger powder, apple & caster sugar & cook for 5 minutes until the apple softens. Pour in a baking dish. Put remaining butter, flour, brown sugar in a food processor & blitz until it resembles breadcrumbs. Sprinkle this mixture on apples & bake for 10 minutes or until done.

Mommy’s Tip :

I gave our  lil’ twist to the crumble by adding raisins soaked in red wine to the apples while they were softening. It lends itself to a sharper & more distinct taste. You can have it warm with vanilla ice cream. Better still wait for a day & have it straight from the baking dish…RELISH !!!