How to make a delicious fruity Gruffalo Crumble
“Gruffalo crumble!” the Gruffalo said, And quick as the wind he turned and fled...
You will need:
- Two large mixing bowls
- A baking dish (about 15 x 20cm)
Ingredients
- Eating apples 3
- Cinnamon 1 tsp
- caster sugar 1 tbsp
- Apple juice 1 tbsp
- Blackberries 300g
For the crumble
- Unsalted butter 75g
- Plain flour 100g
- Oats 50g
- Brown sugar 50g
Method
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Step 1
Preheat the oven to 180 ̊C/Gas Mark 4.
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Step 2
Peel and core the apples, then chop them into bite-size pieces.
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Step 3
Put the chopped apples and blackberries in a large mixing bowl. Save a handful of blackberries for later.
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Step 4
Add the cinnamon, caster sugar and apple juice and give everything a good stir.
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Step 5
Tip the fruit mixture into the baking dish.
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Step 6
Cut the butter into small cubes of around 1cm.
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Step 7
Put the butter in the other large mixing bowl and add the flour.
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Step 8
Use your fingers to rub the butter and f lour together until the mixture looks like crumbs.
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Step 9
Stir in the oats and brown sugar.
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Step 10
Sprinkle the mixture over the fruit in the baking dish. Try and cover it as evenly as you can.
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Step 11
Stick the remaining blackberries into the top of the crumble to decorate.
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Step 12
Cook for 40 minutes.
- It’s best to use cold butter for this recipe - warm butter can easily become a dough rather than the crumbs you need.
- Why not try different fruits for the filling, like pear, peach or blueberries - or even a mixture.
- Gruffalo Crumble is best served hot. For an extra treat, you could eat it with ice cream or custard.
- This recipe and so many amazing others can be found in the new cookbook Gruffalo Crumble and Other Recipes, available from Amazon.
