Apple Amaretti Crumble

Name: Apple Amaretti Crumble
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 500 g cooking apples; Pinch of salt; 175 g soft brown sugar; 50 g amaretti biscuits; 175 g butter; 2 tablespoons golden syrup; ½ teaspoon cinnamon; 150 g rolled oats; 70 g plain flour

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Hebridean Baker

By Coinneach MacLeod

Published 2021

About

The Italian word amaro means bitter, and as these wee biscuits are flavoured with bitter almonds, they were called amaretti – literally the little bitter ones. They complement the sweetness of the flapjack crumble and soft fruit in this family favourite.

Ingredients

500 g cooking apples
Pinch of salt
175 g soft brown sugar

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Vegetarian
Scotland

Method

Preheat the oven to 170°C/340°F. Choose whether you want to make this in a family-sized pudding bowl or about 4 individual bowls.

Peel, core and chop your apples into chunks, cover with a pinch of salt, 50g of your sugar and the cinnamon. Mix together and layer into your chosen