Apple and Raspberry Crumble

Quick comfort food using ingredients that we’ve usually got to hand already.

serves 6

Ingredients

for the filling

4 medium size eating apples
1oz/28g Demerara sugar
4oz/110g raspberries (defrosted if frozen)

for the crumble

3oz/85g chilled butter cut into small chunks
6oz/170g self-raising flour
1 heaped teaspoon ground cinnamon
4oz/110g Demerara sugar

Equipment: Baking dish, approximately 8 inches by 11 inches by 2 inches deep

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan oven) or 200°C (conventional oven).
2. Peel the apples, quarter them, remove the cores, then cut into thin slices and place in the baking dish with the raspberries.
3. Sprinkle the fruit with the sugar and stir till the ingredients are well mixed.
4. Now make the crumble by mixing the flour and cinnamon together, then rubbing the butter into this mixture until it resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar.
5. Spoon the crumble mixture onto the fruit, pressing it down with the back of the spoon.
6. Bake in the over for 25 minutes (fan oven) or 30 minutes (conventional oven).
7. Serve with custard!