Ginger Apple Crumble Filling with Tetley Lemon and Ginger

Ginger Apple Crumble Filling with Tetley Lemon and Ginger

Apples cooked in strong lemon-ginger tea with ground ginger, a fragrant filling for a crumble or a topping for yoghurt.

Prep 20 min

Fills 1 crumble (serves 4 to 6)

Easy

The recipe

Exact quantities, then the method.

Ginger Apple Crumble Filling cooks apples down in a strong brew of the lemon-ginger tea, so the fruit takes on a warm, fragrant ginger note and a bright lemon edge before it ever meets a crumble topping. It is the easy way to lift a classic pudding.

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Fills one crumble, enough for four to six. Cook the apples in the tea until soft, then bake under a crumble topping, or spoon the filling over yoghurt or ice cream.

20 min Fills 1 crumble (serves 4 to 6) Easy Ginger Tea Recipes

You'll need

2 tea bags of Tetley Lemon and Ginger
150ml freshly boiled water (100C)
6 cooking apples, peeled and chopped
3 tablespoons sugar, to taste
1 teaspoon ground ginger
A squeeze of lemon

Method

Make the Tetley lemon and ginger strong for the apples: steep the bags 5 minutes in the boiled water, then remove them.
Put the apples, tea, sugar, ground ginger and lemon in a pan. Cook gently for 10 to 12 minutes, until the apples soften but still hold some shape.
Let the liquid reduce to a syrupy coating, then take off the heat.
Use as the filling under a crumble topping, baked at 180C fan for 30 to 35 minutes, or spoon over yoghurt or ice cream.
Mix in a couple of firmer eating apples among the cookers; they hold their shape while the Bramleys collapse to a sauce.

What you'll end up with: A gently spiced ginger-lemon apple filling, fragrant and not too sweet, for a crumble or a yoghurt topping.

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