The days leading up to January's dalliance with February are bitterly cold and daylight is scarce. All in all it is a bleak affair and for me there is only one cure - Comfort food. Mac and cheese, steamed puddings and crumble. Apple, pear and ginger crumble. Preferably with a scoop of Mackies ice cream.
This weekend the stress of arranging renovations and moving house was all too much so I broke out my lovely new Le Creuset pan, a kind gift from Idealo and baked crumble.
Recipe
4 large cox apples, peeled and cut in half4 pears, peeled and cut in half
2 lumps of stem ginger in syrup, finely grated
75g light brown sugar 50ml Apple juice
100g spelt flour
100g plain flour
115g unsalted butter, chilled, cut into pieces
100g demerara sugar
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Place the apples, pears, ginger, light brown sugar and apple juice in a pan and heat gently for 5 minutes. Cook until the fruit is tender.
In a bowl, mix together the two types of flour and rub in the butter with your finger tips, once it resembles breadcrumbs stir in demerara sugar to make the topping.
Put the apples and pears into a baking dish (in this case I left them in the pan) and scatter over the crumble topping mixture. Sprinkle over a little extra sugar for added crunch and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the top is crumbly and golden.
Mmm It looks absolutely delicious! It's freezing in our house at the moment, I'm sitting here looking at my own breath its that chilly! Deffo need some hot crumble to warm me up :) Love the Mackies honeycomb ice cream too...
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Yum! Crumble is one of my all time favourite desserts!
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That looks so delicious! Now I need to go eat some crumble. :)
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Yum that looks so delicious! With ginger I'm sure it tastes amazing. Mackies ice cream is one of the things I miss a lot about Edinburgh. That, tea at Peter's Yard, and spending hours in Armstrongs. So lovely!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, that looks tasty. My big Le Creuset pot is my most prized piece of kitchenware, but it's not so good for making crumble! x
ReplyDeleteThat looks so delicious! I bet it was fantastic! Thanks for posting the recipe!
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Yum! I just received one Le creuset dutch oven for Christmas, I will have to try this recipe out! Looks so delicious x
ReplyDeleteThis looks amazing! I just love making crumble. Will be making pretty soon.
ReplyDeleteYUM. Good job xx
ReplyDeleteAhhh I was watching Jamie Olivers 30 minute meals and he made some delicious looking mac and cheese! I so need to make me some. The pie looks yummy too, I always make sure I have loads of crumble - best part for me!
ReplyDeleteThis looks heavenly, I have yet to brave dessert making, although my mum is the queen of pudding, especially as all the fruit comes from her garden.
ReplyDeleteThis is by far my favourite of all your desserts. Hope you saved me a slice x
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DeleteYou should use Bramley Apples! They're called 'cookers' for a reason..
ReplyDeleteThanks Alex but I much prefer the taste of Cox apples.
DeleteLooks tasty! Mackies ice-cream is the best :)
ReplyDeleteThis looks so good, will have to make it myself!
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Oh yum, looks delicious, and I adore your le creuset dish!
ReplyDeleteHmm crumble, looks even more delicious to me in that le creuset dish! I need to save my pennies to expand my collection I think.
ReplyDeleteLove the look of your crumble, looks delicious and your photo's are great as always. Just voted for your blog on Company's style blogger awards. Keep up the great work. Rob from WineandOlives.co.uk
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ReplyDeleteohh yum! i had pear and blackberry crumble for dessert tonight actually!
ReplyDeletethat looks so yummy. i never made crumble in my life - but now i wanna definitely try it.
ReplyDeleteoooh yummy!
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your killing me with your cox apples. I'm sick in bed and day dreaming of a home cooked meal from my girl. You know a bowl of that tomato and pepper soup. Ahhh.... delicious.
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I think i'm gunna get the lilac ones. Oh so pretty!
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This looks beyond yummy!!!
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Yum! This looks gorgeous... and yes crumble is v good comfort food!!
ReplyDeleteOh yum - this looks gorgeous. I might cook my mister a crumble this evening... you know, just to make him love me more ;)
ReplyDeleteOh yum - this looks gorgeous. I might cook my mister a crumble this evening... you know, just to make him love me more ;)
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natalia
Oooo I love a good crumble! Looks yum :)
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Nadia x
This looks delicious and has made me really hungry!
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I wish you blogged more often and more about fashion, I love your style xx
ReplyDeleteThis looks delicious. There's nothing like a homely crumble to warm you up in winter. Mackies ice-cream is the best. I also love the colour of your dishes.
ReplyDeleteYour photos are gorgeous and now I'm RAVENOUS haha
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Lela
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Delicious!! Your photos are amazing! So talented
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