Wow it's been a long time since I last blogged. So to make up for it I thought I would start back up with a simple recipe to get me back in the grove of posting again. A few days ago we went to my uncle's house to watch the fight between Manny Pacquio and Antonio Margarito. Pacquio fights had become a special event in in the Filipino culture especially in my family. In every fight that Pacquio has had we always have a little gathering at my uncle's house. For the fight against Margarito I decided to make apple crumble. I've made the apple crumble a lot of times this year and each time I would tweak the recipe a little so that all the flavors are balanced.
The first time I made this recipe was a trial run at home. My Dad brought home a ton of granny smith apples and he asked me what I can do with the apples. I looked online for a recipe that was easy to make and that didn't require to much ingredients. On the original recipe unsaid to use white sugar forthe crust. But on the second time I made this recipe I only had brown sugar in stock. The outcome was good. It gave the crumble a butterscotch taste to it. So when I made it again for the Pacquio fight I put a half cup of white sugar and a half cup of brown sugar to add a butterscotch flavor to the crumble. All in all the apple crumble was a success. Al though it would've been better with ice cream everyone enjoyed it.
Apple Crumble. Serves 8
11 apples
2 tablespoon water
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
Topping:
1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 cups butter
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees farenheit
2. Peel and core the apples
3. Thinly slice the apples and put them in a pan
4. Add the brown sugar, cinnamon and the water
5. Cook the apples until it's a little soft
6. Put the apples in a baking dish
7. For the topping mix together the white sugar, brown sugar and the flour together
8. Then with you hands mix in the butter until it has a bread crumb consistency. You can also use a food processor, a fork or a pastry blender.
9. Put it in the oven for 40 minutes or until the topping is golden brown
