a pink bowl filled with caramel-coloured chunks of apple topped with crushed hazelnut

Toffee apple crumble

Name: Toffee apple crumble
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 30g plain flour; 30g unsalted butter cubed, plus 50g; 25g rolled oats; 75g hazelnuts finely chopped; ½tsp ground cinnamon; 150g caster sugar plus 1 tbsp; sea salt flakes; 4 green apples peeled, quartered and cored; 75ml double cream; ice cream to serve

Adam Bush

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 1 hr

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Think comforting toffee apple crumble is taken up a few notches with crunchy hazelnut and a coating of rich caramel over the soft chunks of apple

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How to make toffee sauce

This simple toffee apple sauce is made by caramelising sugar over a medium heat and combining with butter, before pouring in double cream and cooking until it forms a smooth drizzle-able caramel sauce.

How to make caramelised toffee apples

The apples chunks are added to the melted caramel and butter in a saucepan. These are cooked on low to coat the apples, before being transferred to the oven and baked until fudgy and caramelised.

Ingredients

Nutrition

30g plain flour
30g unsalted butter

cubed, plus 50g
25g rolled oats
75g hazelnuts

finely chopped
½tsp ground cinnamon
150g caster sugar

plus 1 tbsp
sea salt flakes
4 green apples

peeled, quartered and cored
75ml double cream
ice cream

to serve

Nutrition: Per serving

kcal645
fat39.5g
saturates17.8g
carbs65g
sugars54.7g
fibre3.5g
protein5.7g
salt0g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Tip the flour and 30g of cubed butter into a bowl and use your fingertips to rub together until the texture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the oats, nuts, cinnamon and 1 tbsp of sugar, along with a pinch of sea salt flakes. Line a baking tray with baking paper and tip in the mixture, spreading to an even layer. Bake for 20 mins, tossing halfway, until golden and crisp, then cool. Turn down the oven to 150C/130C fan/gas 3.
step 2

Tip the remaining 150g of sugar to a frying pan in an even layer and cook over a medium heat until dissolved – do not stir the pan, only swirl to move the sugar around. Once dissolved, turn up the heat and cook until a caramel forms the colour of a rusty penny. Carefully add the 50g of butter and swirl to dissolve. Turn down the heat to low and add the apples. Cook for 10-15 mins, turning the apple pieces regularly to cook evenly and coat in the caramel. Line a tray with baking paper and spread out the apple pieces with a little of the caramel. Bake for 30 mins until fudgy and caramelised.
step 3

Pour the cream into the caramel pan and cook over a medium heat until it forms a smooth drizzle-able caramel sauce.
step 4

To serve, put the apple pieces on a plate, add a scoop of ice cream, scatter over plenty of the hazelnut crumb and drizzle with the caramel sauce.

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Authors

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Adam BushDeputy food editor

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