Apple and hazelnut crumble

This apple and hazelnut crumble has all the comfort of apple crumble with roasted hazelnuts for added decadence. It’s really easy to make and is the perfect pudding.

Ingredients

  • 8 Granny Smith apples

  • 1 tsp cinnamon

  • ¼ cup caster sugar

  • 1 lemon

    juice of

  • ½ cup brown sugar

  • 125g butter

    softened

  • 315ml plain flour

  • ½ cup roasted hazelnuts

    roughly chopped

Allergy Advice

Contains Dairy

Contains Gluten

Contains Nuts

Equipment

  • 1 ovenproof dish
  • 1 saucepan
  • 1 baking dish

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C or 160°C fan-forced. Grease an ovenproof dish and set aside.
  2. Peel and core the apples. Place in a saucepan with the cinnamon, caster sugar and lemon juice and stir well. Cook over medium for ten minutes, stirring regularly until the apple pieces have softened but still keep their shape.
  3. To make the crumble, mix the brown sugar, butter and flour together with your fingers, working the ingredients into a fine sand-like mixture. Stir through the hazelnuts.
  4. Pour the apples into a baking dish, top with the crumble mixture and bake for 30 minutes or until the crumble is golden. Serve with ice cream and/or vanilla custard.

Notes

Tip
You can double the crumble mixture and stash half in a resealable bag in the freezer. It’s a great shortcut to an easy dessert as you can just tip the crumbs (straight from the freezer) over any fruit you have handy.
Storage
Store extra crumble mixture in a resealable bag in the freezer.

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