how to make crumble

Penelope_Penguin

Use a recipe above, using only half the flour. Once you've rubbed in the butter, replace the missing flour using oats - gives a lovely nutty flavour :beer:

I'll add this to the existing crumble thread to keep recipes together

Penny. x

furndire

Try grating the butter into the flour if its a bit cold - I keep mine in the freezer (bought in bulk).
Demerara sugar is nice too - adds a bit more of a crunch.

carolinosourus

Hi all!

I made an apple crumble which tasted delish, but I have a query about the topping. I made mine with 6oz SR flour, 3oz butter and 1.5oz sugar. I rubbed the butter into the flour and put the mixture on top of the fruit, then bunged it in the oven. The crumble topping, which whenever my mum made it was always a bit lumpy and crispy and what I feel that apple crumble should be like, was flat. How do I get it a bit lumpy and properly crumbly?

TIA

Caroline

soappie

I think it's because you used SR flour instead of plain flour. Using plain flour means there's no rising agents around. Also, I always use a demerara sugar instead of white sugar.

Kirri

I used almonds in it, roughly chopped.

carolinosourus

Sorry, when I said flat on top, I didn't mean that it had risen at all, it just stayed as flat as it did when I tipped the mix on. Should I be putting any water/milk in the mix or just use it dry?

I_luv_cats

Maybe she didn't rub so hard (not into breadcrumb size pieces)

You can make a bit crunchier by adding oats i.e.

75 g (3oz) plain flour
25g (1 oz) porridge oats
50g (2 oz) soft brown sugar
5og (2oz) butter (softened and cut into cubes)

500g plums, 50g sugar, 3 tbsp water ( or use gooseberries, apples, pears, peaches)

oven 180c / (350 f) / gas 4, 30mins until brown on top
( add fromage frais dollop for a treat)

Also add (for a change??)

25g (1 oz) sunflower seeds
25g (1 oz) sesame seeds

soappie

carolinosourus wrote: »

Sorry, when I said flat on top, I didn't mean that it had risen at all, it just stayed as flat as it did when I tipped the mix on. Should I be putting any water/milk in the mix or just use it dry?

Nope, it's just fat, flour and sugar in the quantities you gave - though you might want to up the sugar a bit. What temp did you cook it on and for how long?

carolinosourus

About 175 (fan oven) for about 40 mins as I hadn't cooked the fruit first and I like it with a bit of texture! Too long/short? It seemed to work, apart from not having a proper crumble top

Edited to add: I'd like it to look like this rather than looking like this which mine resembles but mine's even flatter!

carolinosourus

Do you think it's just that I didn't have the oven hot enough and didn't add enough sugar so it didn't melt and form lumps?