Monday, July 11, 2011

A Sweet Tooth

Lately, I've been craving apple pie so I purchased a few small apples last week in anticipation of making it.  Today I noticed the apples were going a bit soft and as I wasn't up to making pie crust, I decided to make some apple crumble instead.

This was my first attempt at making this dish though I have eaten it from time to time. I knew before hand that it is not too difficult to make so I googled a diabetic recipe.  The following recipe came up but somehow I don't think it is that diabetic friendly. I'll have to look for another one but in the meantime, this one will be eaten.  I did reduce the sugar and the oil and increased the oats so that will help a bit.


Recipe from IFood

Ingredients


* 4 large cooking apples

* 4 tbsp olive oil

* Zest and juice of 1 large lemon

* 3/4 cups of sugar (any kind will do). I like brown.

* 2 pinches of ground cinnamon

* 1/2 cup of cold unsalted butter

* 1 cup plain flour (I increased this slightly by about 1/4 cup)

* 5/8 cup sugar (I reduced this to about 1/2 cup)

* 1/8 cup porridge oats (I increased this slightly). 

Directions


1. Peel and core the apples and cut into large chunks.
2. Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the lemon zest and juice, sugar, cinnamon and then add the apples. Cook for 5 mins to soften slightly.
3. Tip into a large baking dish.
4. Place the cold butter and flour into a food processor and pulse until you have a fine breadcrumb consistency.
5. Tip into a bowl and stir through the extra sugar (1/2) carefully. Spoon over the top of the stewed apples and sprinkle over the oats.
6. Bake in the preheated oven for 30-40 mins or until well-browned. Serve your apple crumble plain or with custard or ice cream.  Today we had French vanilla ice cream to go with the crumble.


This dish was delicious and I highly recommend it. It was made special by the addition of the lemon juice and lemon rind which really enhanced the overall flavour of the dish. 
Bon appetit!


8 comments:

  1. Mmmmmm I love apple crumble, why fiddle with pastry when crumble is so delicious. Sure there are ways to make this better for diabetics, but as I don't have the problem I would not know how. Diane

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  2. Hi Diane, yes I'm sure there are ways to make it more diabetic friendly. I had already made some changes and I'll look to make more modifications. It was yummy!

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  3. I hope you can find a recipe that is more diabetic-friendly, but this does look delicious.
    Thanks for visiting my site.

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  4. Yum. That looks delish with the ice-cream.

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  5. Looks like a delightful treat! I'm not sure I've had "apple crumble" per se, but have enjoyed similar desserts. Diabetic or not - it sure looks good. ☻

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  6. Seniorhiker, the crumble was delicious. I'll keep looking for another crumble that is meant for diabetics.

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  7. Thank you Jan, the dish was delish ;-)

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  8. Fred, it was sooooo good, lol. Thanks for stopping by!

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