apple and berry crumble

Apple & Berry Crumble

One of my favorite crumbles, a simple weekend dessert that will blow your guests mind away. So rich in vitamin c and antioxidants, berries and apples are a great combination. 


Recipe:


Filling
1                                    orange, zested and juiced
6                                    golden apples
500 gm                           packet frozen mixed berries
1/4 cup                           dark brown sugar
1 tbsp                             plain flour
Crumble
125 gm                           cold unsalted butter
1/4 cup                           plain flour
1/2 tsp                           ground cinnamon
1/3 cup                           dark brown sugar
1 1/4 cup                        rolled oats
1/4 cup                           flaked almonds


Method:

1. Preheat oven to 200'c. Grease a 1.5L oven proof dish with butter. 
2. To make crumble topping, mix flour, cinnamon into a large bowl. Using your hands, add the butter into the flour and cinnamon mixture and massage all the butter into the mixture, making sure all is mixed. Avoid working too much on the butter with your hands, if the butter starts to melt place the mixture into the fridge. This will prevent an oily topping.
3. The mixture should look like coarse breadcrumbs at this stage. Using a large spoon, stir in the sugar, oats and almonds and mix well. Place aside.
4. To make the filling, zest (using a grater) and juice the orange. Place in a bowl. Peel the apple and cut into small cubes. Mix into the orange mixture, adding in the berries, sugar and flour. Mix well with hands. 
5. Place mixture into the oven proof dish and top it with the crumble topping. Place on the bottom shelf of the oven and bake for 35 minutes or until the top is golden and juices are bubbling. Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes. 
6. Serve the crumble with vanilla ice cream.