Killinchy Co Down Apple Crumble and Custard with picked County Down blackberries, raspberries and figs.
This is a wonderfully easy, delicious dessert recipe, using the finest of locally grown produce. If you can’t get Killinchy apples, use whatever is locally grown in your area. There is nothing as delicious as homemade Apple Crumble and Custard.
INGREDIENTS
675g Killinchy cooking apples (peeled, cored and cut into chunks)
3 tablespoons of caster sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
115g plain flour
40g demerara sugar (plus 1 tablespoon for sprinkling)
45g cold butter (diced)
4 tablespoons of porridge or muesli
150g of blackberries
150g of raspberries
150g of figs
Preheat the oven to 200 deg. Place the apples in a saucepan along with the caster sugar vanilla essence with 2 tablespoons of water. Cook until soft. Don’t be afraid to taste them halfway through as some people like them sweet if so, add a little more sugar. Transfer to a greased oven proof dish.
THE CRUMBLE
Place the flour, demerara sugar and butter in a mixing bowl. Mix with your fingers until the mix resembles a breadcrumb consistency. At this point stir in the porridge or muesli and mix well. Scatter over the apples with the extra sugar and bake for 45 minutes until golden brown.
THE CUSTARD
100ml of double cream
350ml of whole milk
2 large egg yolks
1 and a half teaspoons of cornflour
50g caster sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
Place the cream and milk in a saucepan and gently bring to slightly below boiling point. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the yolks, cornflour, sugar and vanilla until the sugar has dissolved, then gradually pour into the hot milk and cream whisking continuously. Wipe your saucepan and pour your mix back into it (chefs tip – slowly stir with a wooden spoon) until thick.
Once crumble is ready, if you want make it look fancy, with a large round cutter cut into the crumble and place in the centre of the plate, then spoon the custard around the plate and arrange the fruit before dusting with a little icing sugar.
Serve and enjoy.
