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Inspiration for this Gooseberry Recipe
I have two Gooseberry bushes in my garden and this year they have produced amazing fruits. The weather was perfect, lots of sun with daily watering. Crumbles are a favourite in our house, so it seemed the obvious thing to make a Gooseberry and Apple crumble.
How to Make a Crumble from Scratch
First, you need to make the crumble topping. Place the flour, salt, and butter into a large dish or bowl. Using your fingertips rub the mixture together until you have a fine breadcrumb consistency. A food processer will make the job a little easier and quicker but only do so for this part of the recipe.
FIG 1 - Stir in the oats and sugar. FIG2 - Rub the mixture together a little more to create a few clumps, but not too many. Place in the fridge to chill while you make the fruit filling.
Preheat the oven to 180 deg have ready a sturdy baking sheet.
Place the topped and tailed gooseberries into a large bowl, peel and core the apples and cut into ½ inch chunks. Add them to the Gooseberries.
In a small dish, mix together the sugar, cinnamon, and cornflour. This ensures an even distribution when you add it to the Gooseberries and Apples. FIG 3 Sprinkle the mix over the fruit and toss to thoroughly coat.
FIG4 - Place the fruit mixture into an ovenproof dish that is deep enough to take all the fruit, leaving enough room to add the crumble topping. I used a 14cm x 20cm x 6cm ovenproof dish.
Scatter the crumble mixture over the top of the fruit and sprinkle with the soft brown or demerara sugar.
Place on a baking sheet in the centre of the oven and bake for about 40 mins or until the crumble topping is golden brown in colour and the fruit is soft. You may see some juices bubbling over the side.
Take out of the oven to cool a little. Serve hot or cold with cream or custard.
Tips and Faq's for making a Crumble Recipe
- Ovenproof dish - The baking time will differ if you use a larger shallower dish.
- Spices - Cinnamon is the favoured spice to use with apples. If you have a favourite use that instead. Ground Star Anise is another alternative but use it sparingly for a subtle taste.
- A word about using apples - Cooking apples tend to cook down to mush if chopped too small, while dessert apples stay firmer.
If you forget to add the butter and rub it together with your fingers, the crumble topping will be dry.
Expect to find some of the crumble topping to be a little soggy underneath because of the cooked fruit.
The crumble topping should be nice and golden with a crunchy topping. The fruit underneath should be soft and cooked.
Other easy Puddings that you may like to make.
- Apple Sponge Eve's Pudding - Stewed Apples with a sponge cake topping
- Coffee Pudding with a Toffee Sauce - Coffee flavoured sponge with a Toffee Sauce.
Gooseberry and Apple Crumble
Equipment
- Oven proof dish
- Baking Tray
INGREDIENTS
For the Crumble
- 170 g plain flour
- Pinch of salt
- 115 g cold butter cut into half inch cubes
- 55 g porridge oats
- 55 g soft brown sugar caster sugar is fine
For the Filling
- 2 large Dessert Apples
- 630 g approx weight. Gooseberries Topped and tailed
- 115 g soft brown sugar caster sugar is fine, but brown sugar has a better flavour.
- ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons cornflour or plain flour for thickening
For the Topping
- 1 tablespoon Demerara Sugar or soft brown sugar.
Instructions
Make the Crumble Topping
- To make the crumble topping, add the flour, salt and butter into a large dish or bowl. Using your fingertips rub the mixture together until you have a fine breadcrumb consistency. A food processer will make the job a little easier and quicker but only do so for this part of the recipe.
- Stir in the oats and sugar and rub the mixture together a little more to create a few clumps, but not too many. Place in the fridge to chill while you make the fruit filling.
- Preheat the oven to 180 deg have ready a sturdy baking sheet.
- Place the topped and tailed gooseberries into a large bowl, peel and core the apples and cut into ½ inch chunks. Add them to the Gooseberries.
- In a small dish, mix together the sugar, cinnamon and cornflour. This ensures an even distribution when you add it to the Gooseberries and Apples. Sprinkle the mix over the fruit and toss to thoroughly coat.
- Place the fruit mixture into an ovenproof dish that is deep enough to take all the fruit leaving enough room to add the crumble topping.
- Scatter the crumble mixture over the top of the fruit and sprinkle with the soft brown or demerara sugar.
- Place on a baking sheet in the centre of the oven and bake for about 40 mins or until the crumble topping is golden brown in colour and the fruit is soft. You may see some juices bubbling over the side.
- Take out of the oven to cool a little. Serve hot or cold with cream or custard.
Notes
- Ovenproof dish – The baking time will differ if you use a larger shallower dish.
- Spices – Cinnamon is the favoured spice to use with apples. If you have a favourite use that instead. Ground Star Anise is another alternative but use it sparingly for a subtle taste.
- A word about using apples – Cooking apples tend to cook down to mush if chopped too small, while dessert apples stay firmer.
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