Apple Crumble With Cardamom Sauce
Crunchy almond flakes, juicy apples, refreshing lemon, pumpkin pie spices, and a crispy, buttery crumble top sound nice, right? But stop, there's more! This warm apple crumble is paired with silky butter and cardamom sauce - an irresistible addition to complement this modest, rustic dessert.
Ingredients
For the filling
- 5 apples (around 800 g)
- 30 g raisins
- 40 g cane sugar
- juice of one lemon
- ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice mixture
For the crumble
- 240 g plain flour
- 170 g cold unsalted butter
- 70 g cane sugar
- 30 g almond flakes
- good pinch of salt
For the sauce
- 100 ml heavy cream
- 30 g cane sugar
- 40 g cold unsalted butter
- ⅓ teaspoon ground cardamom
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (356°F). Coat the baking dish with some butter and set aside. Wash and peel the apples and dice them into bite-sized pieces. Add lemon juice, raisins, sugar, and spices, and toss everything together. Transfer the fruit filling to the baking dish.
- Place the flour, sugar, salt, and cold butter diced into cubes together in a large bowl. Rub everything together until the mixture resembles heavy, moist crumbs. You can do this step in the food processor also.
- Sprinkle the crumble mixture evenly on the apple filling, and then top with almond flakes. Bake in the oven for 35 minutes or until it becomes golden. Last few minutes you can turn on the fan to get a crispier crumble.
- Warm the heavy cream, sugar, and cardamom in a small saucepan, but do not let it boil. Then gradually whisk in the butter, one cube at a time, until well incorporated. Transfer to a serving dish and let it cool.
- Pour over warm apple crumble and enjoy!
Notes
- The amount of sugar in the fruit filling as well as in the crumble can be adjusted depending on how sweet or sour the apples that you have.
- If you're using organic apples, you don't have to peel them if you don't want to.
- It is very important that butter that goes to crumble is very cold so it doesn't melt.
- Instead of plain flour, you can experiment with different types of flour. I used regular wheat flour because I had no other options at that moment.
- To keep the crumble from being boring and overly sweet, it's good to add something sour, like lemon juice. It will balance the sweetness. If you're using organic lemons, you can grate the zest too.
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Nutrition
Calories: 667kcalCarbohydrates: 80gProtein: 7gFat: 38gSaturated Fat: 22gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 94mgSodium: 234mgPotassium: 310mgFiber: 6gSugar: 40gVitamin A: 1203IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 51mgIron: 2mg
Nutritional information provided is an estimate based on ingredients data and should be used for informational purposes only. Actual nutritional content may vary based on factors such as portion size, preparation methods and ingredients used.