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Monster apple crumble!

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Witzend Sun 18-Aug-24 12:45:59

Gdd1 requested her favourite apple crumble yesterday- only there will be 18 of us - 13 extended family plus host family of 5 - friends of dd - in a gite in the Dordogne*.

So I bought the wherewithal yesterday, inc. a mountain of apples and a vast pan - 1 kg flour and 500 g butter to rub in for the topping - how I miss my trusty old Kenwood Chef!! But it’s now ready for the oven.

*thank goodness it’s nothing like as hot as it was last year!

4allweknow Mon 19-Aug-24 16:42:27

How much custard have you to make.smile

BellaBella55 Mon 19-Aug-24 17:50:21

I have made Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s crumble, or fumble, for a large crowd. Apple and topping cooked separately for guests to help themselves. Went down a treat

www.rivercottage.net/recipes/hughs-crumble

CanadianGran Mon 19-Aug-24 17:55:40

That reminds me, I have a small peach crumble in my freezer... I think I will pull it out for tonight!

Yours sounds delightful, Witzend. It's having all the people around to enjoy it that makes it extra special.

SueDonim Mon 19-Aug-24 21:29:46

I’ve thought of little but apple crumble since reading your OP last night Witzend. This evening we’ve had apple crumble with blackcurrants from my DD’s garden and brambles from another local source. I included oats in the crumble mix so that means it was a healthy pudding! grin

Auntieflo Mon 19-Aug-24 22:17:22

I was given a few apples on Sunday, and thought I might make apple sauce. Instead I made a crumble. Witzend, it's all your fault 🤗.
Like SueDonim, I added oats into the crumble, and we had half of it tonight with ice- cream.
Very healthy and delicious.

Witzend Fri 23-Aug-24 22:32:26

A few days later we had a smaller apple and blackberry crumble - kids had picked a lot of blackberries. It was only about half the size of the monster, but for that we did find Crème Anglaise (custard!) in a chiller cabinet. I have to say that it wasn’t as good as Ambrosia Devon custard, though.

Jane43 Fri 23-Aug-24 23:02:47

MissAdventure

Oh I could really eat some crumble!

Me too, our son dropped off a bag of apples from his tree yesterday so apple crumble will be on the menu this weekend.

Oreo Sat 24-Aug-24 09:41:00

I cook the apples and the crumble topping separately then combine them to serve, it means it’s all crumbly instead of having a soft floury underlay.😃

Regina65 Wed 28-Aug-24 23:20:25

I use my large roasting tin to make my crumble to feed 11 of us and plenty for seconds