Thursday, 15 November 2007

A survey

Please read the following recipe.

300g/10½oz plain flour, sieved pinch of salt
175g/6oz unrefined brown sugar
200g/7oz unsalted butter, cubed at room temperature
Knob of butter for greasing
450g/1lb apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm/½in piece
50g/2oz unrefined brown sugar
1 tbsp plain flour
1 pinch of ground cinnamon

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
2. Place the flour and sugar in a large bowl and mix well. Taking a few cubes of butter at a time rub into the flour mixture. Keep rubbing until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
2. Place the fruit in a large bowl and sprinkle over the sugar, flour and cinnamon. Stir well being careful not to break up the fruit.
3. Butter a 24cm/9in ovenproof dish. Spoon the fruit mixture into the bottom, then sprinkle the flour/sugar mixture on top.
4. Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes until the top is browned and the fruit mixture bubbling.

Now please answer the following question:

If I followed the recipe above I would be baking a;

Apple Pie
Apple Cumple
Apple Cumble
Apple Cobler

Answers on a post card to Larry Ellision..

I'll explain when I get home.

1 comment:

psweetman said...

Mmm, I would say it is an apple crumble (i.e. none of the above)but I'll ask when I see you.