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Apple Crumble Tart

I have yet to try one of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's recipes without it working to perfection. No matter how complicated the recipe is he seems to make it really easy. This apple crumble tart is no exception.

This recipe is perfect to warm you up in the winter.

Ingredients

500g/1lb 2oz sweet shortcrust pastry
1kg/2¼ lb cooking apples such as Bramley
500g/1lb 2oz hard eating apples, such as Cox s or James Grieve
½ lemon, juice only
150-200g/5-7oz sugar
For the crumble:
110g/4oz plain flour
85g/3oz unsalted butter
55g/2oz light brown or caster sugar
55g/2oz ground hazelnuts (or almonds)

Method

1. Roll out the pastry to a thickness of about 5mm/¼in. Line a 25cm/10in tart tin with the pastry and bake blind.
2. Meanwhile, peel and core the apples, slicing the dissolving cookers and chopping the hard eaters into neat 1cm/½in dice. Put both kinds together into a saucepan with the lemon juice and 110g/4oz of the sugar. Heat very gently until the juices begin to run. Cook the fruit, stirring occasionally at a very gentle simmer for 10-15 minutes, until you have a juicy compote of purée Bramleys (or similar) with tender pieces of Cox (or similar).
3. To make the crumble: preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
4. Sift the flour into a bowl and rub in the butter until you have fine crumbs, then toss with the hazelnuts and sugar.
5. Spread the fruit into the cooked pastry case and sprinkle over the crumble in an even layer. Bake in a preheated fairly hot oven for about 30 minutes, until the crumble top is nicely browned.
6. Serve the pie warm with vanilla ice cream or cream.