Apple Crumble Rhubarb with Vanilla Custard

Thu, 27 April 2023

Gareth Mullins' Apple Crumble Rhubarb with Vanilla Custard

Ingredients

• 1kg brambly or cooking apples
• 500g rhubarb
• 250g caster sugar
• Spoon of plain flour
• Crumble mix
• 140g plain flour
• 100g butter
• 70g rolled oats
• 100g Demerara sugar
• ¼ tsp cinnamon
• 60 g chopped walnuts

Vanilla custard

• 300mls shop bought custard
• 100mls lightly whipped cream
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• Softy whip the cream with a whisk, add the vanilla and fold through the custard

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C
2. Peel the apples and cut them into quarters, then remove the cores and slice each piece in two.
3. Chop the rhubarb into 1 inch pieces.
4. Put the apples into a pan, sprinkle with the sugar and cook over a medium heat for about five minutes, until the apples start to soften.
5. Add the rhubarb and mix through with a spoon of flour.
6. Transfer the apple mixture to a shallow ovenproof pie dish.
7. Blend the flour and butter in a food processor for a few seconds, until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs.
8. Stir in the oats, cinnamon, chopped walnuts the brown sugar.
9. Now lay the crumble mix on a lined baking tray and bake for 15 minutes until golden, us a spoon to mix on tray every 5 minutes.
10. Now sprinkle the cooked crumble mix over the cooked apples in the pie dish. Transfer to the oven to bake for 25 minutes or until crisp and golden-brown on top.