Mincemeat Apple Crumble

Ingredients

  • 1.5kg (about 4) bramley apples, peeled, cored and roughly chopped
  • 400g mincemeat
  • Juice ½ lemon
  • Custard and/or cream to serve

For the crumble

  • 100g plain flour
  • 75g soft brown sugar
  • 75g unsalted butter, chilled and chopped
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
  • Pinch ground cloves
  • 50g flaked almonds

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180°C/160ºC fan/gas 4. Put the apples, mincemeat and lemon juice in a pan and cover with a lid. Set over a low-medium heat and cook for 5 minutes until the apples have just started to break down. Tip into a baking dish and spread out to fill it evenly.
  2. While the apples cook, make the crumble. Add the crumble ingredients apart from the flaked almonds to a bowl with a pinch of salt, then rub the butter between your fingers to create an uneven rubble. Stir in the flaked almonds, then scatter the topping over the filling.
  3. Bake the crumble for 30 minutes or until the topping is golden. Serve warm with custard, cream or both.