In fact, we should have had this on Wednesday night, as we have decided to commit to a fixed one-night-a-week vegetarian meal. We didn't fancy doing a "meat-free Monday", as we often like a roast or a barbecue on bank holidays, but we're more than happy to have a "meat-free midweek meal" instead. We actually eat quite a few vegetarian meals, but we wanted to make a firm commitment to having at least one every week.
Served with raita, mango chutney and poppadoms, it was very tasty and one we will definitely be having again ... and actually, it was more than enough for a meal. We certainly did not need a portion of this afterwards:
It was a scrumptious fruit & nut crumble (possibly the best crumble I've ever made ... or ever tasted, come to that!!) with a generous dollop of extra thick double cream. Phwoooaarr!!
I layered thinly-sliced cooking and eating apples with mixed fruit and nuts (from a bag bought for Christmas nibbles and never opened), cinnamon and a little cornflour, then added some water and a teaspoon or two of fruit sugar. I covered it with foil and cooked it in a medium oven for about 20 minutes.
For the crumble topping, I rubbed 4oz chilled butter into 8oz plain flour, stirred in 2oz sugar and 1oz rolled oats (porridge oats); this was sprinkled onto the semi-cooked fruit, levelled and put back in the oven until brown and crisped, which was around another 20 minutes. Absolutely gorgeous!
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