Apple, Pecan and Date Crumble

Name: Apple, Pecan and Date Crumble
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups plain or self raising flour; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 200 g butter (chilled and cubed); 4 large red apples (cored and cubed); 1 lemon (grate the zest); 1 lemon (juice only); 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 cup pecan nuts (roughly chopped); 10 dates (pitted and chopped)

By AIDA AHMAD

Unlike apple pie, this is much easier to make as you don’t have to deal with a pastry crust. A great comfort food dessert for any day of the week. The dates already provide sweetness, so you can reduce the amount of sugar according to preference.

Preheat oven to 180°C. Coat

Ingredients

1 1/2cups plain or self raising flour
3/4cup brown sugar
200g butterchilled and cubed
4large red applescored and cubed
1 lemongrate the zest
1 lemonjuice only
1tsp ground cinnamon
1cup pecan nutsroughly chopped
10 datespitted and chopped

Instructions

Preheat oven to 180°C. Coat a round baking tray or ovenproof dish with butter.
In a large bowl, toss cubed apples with lemon zest, juice and cinnamon and mix well. Add the chopped nuts and dates. Transfer to a baking dish.
For the crumble: Mix flour, sugar and chilled butter, using your hands until it resembles chunky breadcrumbs.
Sprinkle the crumbs on top of the apples until everything is covered. Bake for 20 minutes. Serve with vanilla ice-cream.