Gluten-free apple crumble

Apple crumble is one of the best and easiest desserts you can make on a wintry night. Now those with an intolerance to gluten can still enjoy the crumbly topping with this recipe that replaces wheat flour with rice flour and almond meal. Clever and delicious.

Ingredients

  • 6-8 green and/or red apples

    cored, peeled, each sliced into approx 8 wedges

  • 1 cup raw sugar

  • 3 tbsp almond meal

  • 4 tbsp rice flour

  • 2 tbsp dessicated coconut

  • 2 tbsp sugar

  • 1 tbsp butter or margarine

    softened

Allergy Advice

Contains Dairy

Contains Nuts

Equipment

  • 1 saucepan
  • 1 ovenproof dish

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. Place the apples and sugar in a saucepan with a little water, place heat on medium and cook until apples are tender. Be careful the apples don’t burn the bottom of the saucepan.
  3. While the apples are cooking, combine topping ingredients and rub together with fingers.
  4. Layer the apples and their juices in a greased ovenproof dish.
  5. Cover the apples with the crumble mixture and bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.
  6. Serve hot or cold with your favourite plain yoghurt, custard or cream.

Notes

Tip
More sugar can be added, depending on the desired sweetness.
Variation
If you want to mix things up a bit you could add other fruits to this crumble recipe – great apple partners are rhubarb, blueberries, blackberries and pears.

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