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Granny Smith Apple and Quince Crumble

Course: Dessert

Ingredients
  

CRUMBLE
  • 70 g Unsalted butter softened
  • 1/3 cup Brown Sugar
  • cup Plain flour
  • ½ cup Oats
  • ½ Coconut – desiccated or shredded
  • Couple of drops of vanilla paste or essence
FILLING
  • 2 medium G.S. apples washed, peeled, cored, cut in thin wedges
  • One Quince washed ripe, medium size, peeled, cored, cut in wedges
  • ¼ cup caster sugar
  • 2 cups water
  • ½ cinnamon stick
  • ¼ lemon

Equipment

  • Makes four individual portions (4 x 10cm diameter ramekins)

Method
 

CRUMBLE
  1. In your mixer cream the butter, brown sugar and vanilla.
  2. On low speed add the flour. Beat until breadcrumb consistency
  3. Add oats and coconut. Continue beating on low speed. After a couple of minutes the crumble should have a coarse granular appearance. Ready.
APPLE
  1. In a small saucepan over medium heat place the sugar, water, cinnamon and lemon
  2. When the sugar is dissolved add the Quince. Simmer for 35 to 40 minutes, until the Quince is tender.
  3. When done take off heat.
  4. In a separate saucepan (lidded) place the apple and a ½ cup of the Quince syrup.
  5. Bring the apple to the boil and give it a stir. Turn the heat down and lid the pot
  6. Cook for 5 -8 minutes. The apples can over cook very quickly. When tender remove from heat.
  7. Add the Quince and a little of the syrup to the apple. Gently mix the two fruits together.
ASSEMBLY
  1. Set your oven to 175c
  2. Divide the apple/quince mix between the four ramekins
  3. Spoon the crumble mix over the top of the apple generously
  4. Place the ramekins on a baking sheet and then into the oven.
  5. Cook for 35 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the fruit is bubbling up the side.
  6. Serve with Vanilla ice cream.

Notes

The crumble mix keeps very well in the fridge and of course the freezer, as does the cooked fruit.
This crumble mix is suitable for all types of fruit crumbles such as berries, peaches and rhubarb.
Retain the unused syrup for future use.