A delicious homemade apple crumble tart with a buttery pastry and sweet apple filling, perfect for dessert or afternoon tea.
Ingredients
Pastry
175gplain flour
75gcold unsalted butter, cubed
25gcaster sugar
1largeegg, beaten
Apple filling
900gBramley apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
50gcaster sugar
1tbsplemon juice
Crumble topping
175gplain flour
110gunsalted butter, softened
50gdemerara sugar
Instructions
Make and chill the pastry: Rub butter into flour, stir in sugar, then mix in the egg to form dough. Chill for 30 minutes.
Blind bake the case: Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C Fan). Line a 23cm flan tin with pastry, prick base, line with parchment and baking beans, bake 15 mins, then remove beans and bake 5 mins until golden.
Cook the apple filling: Simmer apples, sugar, and lemon juice in a pan for 10-15 mins until thick purée forms.
Make the crumble: Reduce oven to 180°C (160°C Fan). Rub butter into flour to form coarse crumbs, stir in demerara sugar.
Assemble and bake: Spread apple purée into baked pastry, cover with crumble, bake 25-30 mins until golden. Cool in tin for 20 mins before serving.
Notes
Serve warm or at room temperature with cream or ice cream for extra indulgence.