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Quick & Easy

Frying pan apple custard crumble

Making a crumble on the hob sounds impossible, but Silvana's easy recipe make a quick dessert for two. Get that classic crunchy oat topping and soft, juicy apples, without putting the oven on!

Ingredients:

  • large knob of butter
  • 120g/4½oz jumbo porridge oats or porridge oats
  • 50g/1¾oz salted peanuts or any type of nut, roughly chopped
  • large pinch ground cinnamon
  • 4 tbsp light muscovado sugar or caster sugar
  • 2-4 tbsp maple syrup or honey
  • 2 tbsp sunflower oil (if needed)
  • 2 large knobs of butter
  • 8 dessert apples, sliced
  • 4 tbsp light muscovado sugar or caster sugar
  • 200g/7oz custard, fresh or ambient

Directions:

  • To make the crumble topping, melt the butter in a large non-stick frying pan over a medium heat and add the porridge oats, nuts, cinnamon, honey or maple syrup and sugar. Turn the heat up to high and cook, stirring constantly for 3-4 minutes until golden - add the oil if the mixture feels too dry. Remove from the pan and set aside.
  • Wipe the pan clean with kitchen paper, then set over a medium heat and melt the butter. Once melted add the apple slices and sugar to the pan and cook for 3-4 minutes until softened.
  • Once the apples have softened, stir in the custard and warm through. Top the warm apple custard with the crumble topping and serve.