Gdd1 requested her favourite apple crumble yesterday- only there will be 18 of us - 13 extended family plus host family of 5 - friends of dd - in a gite in the Dordogne*.
So I bought the wherewithal yesterday, inc. a mountain of apples and a vast pan - 1 kg flour and 500 g butter to rub in for the topping - how I miss my trusty old Kenwood Chef!! But it’s now ready for the oven.
*thank goodness it’s nothing like as hot as it was last year!
I have made Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s crumble, or fumble, for a large crowd. Apple and topping cooked separately for guests to help themselves. Went down a treat
I’ve thought of little but apple crumble since reading your OP last night Witzend. This evening we’ve had apple crumble with blackcurrants from my DD’s garden and brambles from another local source. I included oats in the crumble mix so that means it was a healthy pudding!
I was given a few apples on Sunday, and thought I might make apple sauce. Instead I made a crumble. Witzend, it's all your fault 🤗. Like SueDonim, I added oats into the crumble, and we had half of it tonight with ice- cream. Very healthy and delicious.
A few days later we had a smaller apple and blackberry crumble - kids had picked a lot of blackberries. It was only about half the size of the monster, but for that we did find Crème Anglaise (custard!) in a chiller cabinet. I have to say that it wasn’t as good as Ambrosia Devon custard, though.