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!
