Something home-grown: apple and thyme crumble
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weekly_food_challengeI don't know why I suggested this challenge. (Twice, apparently.) I grow very little. But I do have a herb planter. The apples were also home-grown, but by my in-laws.
Ingredients
4oz plain flour
2oz butter or equivalent
1oz granulated sugar (I didn't have any, so used caster, but granulated is much crunchier and nicer)
about 3 apples (I started out with five, chucked one in its entirety, and cut off bits of two others)
4 sprigs lemon thyme
a little more sugar
water
Equipment
oven
mixing bowl
spoon
ovenproof dish
sharp knife
peeler (or do it with a knife, if you're brave)
Method
Preheat oven to about 190degC.
To make the crumble topping, rub the fat into the flour until it looks like fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar.
Peel and core the apples. Remove any manky bits too. Slice what's left and put it in the dish along with the lemon thyme. (You can either strip the leaves from the stem and mix them in with the apples, or leave them intact and remove the whole lot after cooking.) Stir in about a tablespoon of sugar and a couple of tablespoons of water. Make sure the apples are distributed evenly across the dish and then spoon the crumble over the top, covering all the apple.
Bake for half an hour or until the topping has become pale golden.
Ingredients
4oz plain flour
2oz butter or equivalent
1oz granulated sugar (I didn't have any, so used caster, but granulated is much crunchier and nicer)
about 3 apples (I started out with five, chucked one in its entirety, and cut off bits of two others)
4 sprigs lemon thyme
a little more sugar
water
Equipment
oven
mixing bowl
spoon
ovenproof dish
sharp knife
peeler (or do it with a knife, if you're brave)
Method
Preheat oven to about 190degC.
To make the crumble topping, rub the fat into the flour until it looks like fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar.
Peel and core the apples. Remove any manky bits too. Slice what's left and put it in the dish along with the lemon thyme. (You can either strip the leaves from the stem and mix them in with the apples, or leave them intact and remove the whole lot after cooking.) Stir in about a tablespoon of sugar and a couple of tablespoons of water. Make sure the apples are distributed evenly across the dish and then spoon the crumble over the top, covering all the apple.
Bake for half an hour or until the topping has become pale golden.