The ultimate crumble?

Felicity Cloake, blogger for The Guardian promised that, having tried out various recipes, this was the ultimate crumble recipe... quite a statement and worth testing as I had agreed to make the crumble for pudding.

Felicity Cloake's How to make the perfect crumble

The 'tricks' included:

• A mix or Demerara and caster sugar 
• Adding a sprinkle of water to the crumble mix
• Putting in the freezer for 10 mins

After about 20 mins in the oven it was looking very soggy! So, moved it higher up the oven and left it for a further 20 mins (this might be because it was a very cheap electric oven so temperature and heat circulation was probably unreliable), which did the trick.

The verdict? 
Nice crispy topping - lovely crispy clumps which the one I made one recently didn't have, so yes, I'd say this method works.

You can also scatter some oats over the top for an even more textured topping.

16.03.2013