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Apple and blueberry jumblenut crumble
Every cook has their own favourite crumble crust. This is Sarah Randell's chunky topping from Sainsbury's magazine: an over-generous scattering of chopped nuts provides extra bite and crunch
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Ready in 1 hour
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Cooking time 45 minutes
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Prep time 15 minutes
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Serves 4
Ingredients
- 3 Bramley apples, about 700g
- 2 eating apples, about 300g
- 200 g blueberries
- finely grated zest of 1 orange
- 4 tbsp light brown soft sugar
- 25 g butter in small cubes
For the crumble:
- 75 g plain flour
- 25 g jumbo whole rolled porridge oats
- 100 g demerara sugar
- 75 g cold butter, in pieces
- 50 g pecans, chunkily chopped
- 50 g whole skin-on almonds
- 50 g whole blanched hazelnuts
- 1 tbsp orange juice
Method
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Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas 4. Peel and core the apples and cut them into chunks, then toss in a 20 x 30cm ovenproof dish with the blueberries, orange zest, brown sugar, butter and 2 tablespoons of water.
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For the crumble, tip the flour, oats and demerara sugar into a mixing bowl with a pinch of salt. Add the butter and rub it into the dry mixture using your fingertips (or whiz in a food processor), then tip into a bowl. Stir in the nuts and orange juice. Bring the mixture together into small clumps.
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Top the fruit with the crumble – you don't want it to completely cover the fruit, leave a few spaces. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until the apples are tender, the blueberries have slightly burst and the crumble is golden.
Kitchen secret: have a bowl of clotted cream on the side to spoon on to your pud as you eat.
