Serve up a slice of Dean Edwards' heavenly fruit crumble with crunchy almonds
Ingredients
- 400 g14 oz bramley apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1 inch pieces
- 200 g7 oz pears, peeled, cored and cut into 1 inch pieces
- 20 g¾ oz soft brown sugar
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 50 g1¾ oz raisins
- 20 ml¾ fl oz Amaretto
For the crumble:
- 150 g5¼ oz plain flour
- 100 g3½ oz unsalted butter
- 50 g1¾ oz almonds
- 50 g1¾ oz hazelnuts
- 90 g3¼ oz demerara sugar
- clotted cream
Method: How to make Apple, pear and almond crumble
1
Soak the raisins in the Amaretto for 10 minutes.
2
Add the butter to a pan, then the apples, pears, sugar and cinnamon. Cook gently for approximately 10 minutes and add the raisins and remaining Amaretto. Transfer to a buttered baking dish.
3
Meanwhile, add the softened butter and flour to a bowl, rub together until the mix resembles breadcrumbs and add the sugar and chopped nuts and mix well. Top the apples with a generous amount of the crumble and bake in a pre-heated oven set at 200C/Gas 6 for 10 minutes.
4
Leave to cool for five minutes before serving with a dollop of clotted cream.
