Continuing our support of British Food Fortnight I’ve decided to upload a recipe which is my all time favourite (i’m a simple soul at heart), plus it’s guaranteed to satisfy all hectic mum’s sweet tooth, albeit in a very British way.

Apple crumble is by far one of my favourite puddings, especially during the winter months when served with hot custard and its guaranteed to be my number one choice whenever I’m out for a meal in a pub and its on the menu - what I love about it is that you feel a little bit healthy because its got fruit in it!

I remember once at university a friend of mine was given the task of making the pudding at a meal she was going to. She thought of apple crumble which I agreed was a great idea and offered my help. “No, no” she said “I’ve got it covered”. Two hours later she had created a…I can’t really call it an apple crumble, but it was something with apple in it! She had bought the crumble ready-made and then also bought the apple mixture ready-made and then had just layered it up and voila! It tasted absolutely awful and I vowed that one day i’d teach her a proper recipe for it, so Sue, this ones for you!

Homemade apple crumble

Picture from www.saidaonline.com

Serves 4
Preparation time: 30mins
Cooking time: 30-60mins

Ingredients
To make the crumble:
300g plain flour, sieved with a pinch of salt
175g unrefined brown sugar
200g unsalted butter, cubed and at room temperature
Knob of butter for greasing

Filling:
450g apples, peeled cored and cut into small chunks
50g unrefined brown sugar
1 tbsp plain flour
1 pinch of ground cinnamon

Icecream / cream to serve with

Method
1. Prehead oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4
2. Place the flour and sugar in a large bown and mix well. Rub a few cubes of butter into the mix at a time – keep rubbing together until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs.
3. Place the fruit in a large bowl and sprinkle over the sugar, flour and cinnamon. Stir well and coat all the fruit.
4. Butter a 24cm overproof dish, spoon the mixture into the bottom, then sprinkle the crumble mixture on top.
5. Bake in the over for 40-45 minutes until the crumble is browned and the fruit mixture bubbling.

Hectic Mum top tip: to make it a bit more exciting add some blackberries to the apple mixture (Try the BBC’s recipe here too!)