gluten-free apple crumble

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Fruit Crumble

Adapted from Peter Thompsons Gluten-free Cookery - The Complete Guide for Gluten-free and Wheat-free Diets

Ingredients: to serve four

For the topping:
6 oz/175g gluten-free flour mix
4 oz/100g butter or margarine
3 oz/ 75g sugar

For the filling:
1 ½ lb/ 700 g peeled and sliced apples
or plums
or gooseberries
or blackcurrants

Instructions:

Mix all the dry ingredients for the toppings together and then rub in the fat until a fine mixture or a soft dough is produced - this will depend on the type of margarine or butter that is used.

Place the fruit in the bottom of a medium sized pie dish and sprinkle sugar on the fruit to taste. Peter Thompson says most fruits don't need extra water, but I added 1-2 tablespoons water to my apples.

Place the crumble mixture over the fruit in the pie dish. Sprinkle a little water over th crumble mixture and rake over with a fork.

Cooking:

Preheated oven gas mark 4 (350 F 180 C)

Bake for 40 minutes until the top is brown

Another suggestion for crumble toppings - use ground almonds as a substitute for flour and follow recipe as normal. This is yummy and most folk won't know that it doesn't contain flour! (if you use splenda instead of sugar... this is a low-carb topping too! )

hth someone! Becs