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A proper apple crumble for two, with the apples soaked in strong caramel tea before baking. The tea gives the Bramleys a gentle caramel note that lifts them without making the pudding too sweet.
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Make a classic oaty crumble topping, scatter it over and bake until golden and bubbling. Serve with cold cream. Serves two.
You'll need
- 2 tea bags of Dilmah Caramel Tea (for the apple soak)
- 100ml freshly drawn water at 100C, just off the boil
- 200g Bramley apples, peeled, cored and sliced 5mm thick
- 1 tablespoon caster sugar (for tossing the apples)
- 80g plain flour
- 50g cold unsalted butter, cubed
- 40g demerara sugar
- 20g rolled porridge oats
- 2 250ml oven-proof ramekins
- 1 medium bowl for crumble, 1 small bowl for apples, 1 saucer for covering
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180C fan.
- Steep the two tea bags in 100ml water at 100C for five minutes covered with the saucer.
- Lift out the bags, cool the concentrate flat in cold tap water for three minutes.
- Toss the sliced Bramley apples in the small bowl with the tablespoon caster sugar.
- Divide the apples between the two ramekins, pour the cooled caramel tea concentrate evenly over the top.
- In the medium bowl, rub the 80g plain flour with the 50g cold cubed butter to coarse crumbs.
- Stir in the 40g demerara sugar and the 20g rolled oats.
- Scatter the crumble evenly over the apples in both ramekins.
- Bake on the middle shelf for twenty-five minutes until the crumble is golden and the apple juices bubble at the edges.
- Cool for five minutes before serving with a small jug of cold double cream.
- Keep the butter cold and stop rubbing while still sandy, since overworking makes the crumble bake flat.
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Brewed with: Dilmah Caramel Tea, 20 Tea Bags 30g
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