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Ramblings of a retiree in France
The Musette: Miso-caramel apple crumble
What do you do with wrinkly but still edible apples? You turn them into dessert. As you all know my beloved adores dessert, he believes a meal isn’t complete without one. I tend to store the apples in the fridge until I have enough to make something. This one is an interesting spin on that classic, apple crumble.
Ingredients (serves 4)
Miso-caramel apples
- 40g (11/2oz) unsalted butter, diced
- 2 cloves/1 baton cinnamon/1 star anise
- 1 tbsp white miso paste
- 4 eating apples, cored and each cut into 12
- 40g (11/2oz) raw sugar
- 50ml (31/2tbsp) brandy/calvados/dark rum
- 1 tbsp organic lemon juice
Nut crumble
- 80g (3oz) pecan/almond/macadamia nuts
- 100g (31/2oz) chilled unsalted butter, diced
- 80g (3oz) raw sugar
- 80g (3oz) plain (all purpose) flour
- 50g (2oz) rolled oats
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
Method
1. For nut crumble, preheat oven to 180ºC/160ºC fan/gas mark 4 (350ºF/320ºF fan) and line an oven tray with greaseproof (parchment) paper. Coarsely chop nuts in a food processor, add butter, sugar, salt and flour, and blitz until coarse crumbs form. Stir in oats, spread mixture on oven tray and bake, stirring occasionally until golden brown (15 -20 minutes). If you want the crumble to clump more, add an egg to the crumb mix.
2. Heat butter, sugar, choice of spice and miso in a large frying pan over medium-high heat until foaming. Add apples and toss occasionally until apples begin to caramelise (8 – 10 minutes). Add liquor of choice and lemon juice, and cook until apples are glazed and tender, and liquid reduces to caramel stickiness (2-3 minutes).
3. Discard spices and serve hot with ice-cream/whipped cream/creme fraiche and a scattering of crumble.
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Sounds wonderful! And I completely agree with your beloved, there is always room for dessert
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Thanks
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Sounds fabulous. Can’t wait for the pics, or to give it a try myself. 🙂
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Thanks!
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Yum!
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Thanks! Photos would of course make it better but still awaiting reconnection of internet service. grrrh
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Since I spent part of my morning looking at the sadly wrinkled apples at the bottom of a bin in my fridge, I think I’m going to try this out. Only trouble: no unsalted butter. I’ll have to make do
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Use salted butter!
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Yes, that’s what I was going to do. Thanks for confirming that
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😎
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Thanks for the recipe, Sheree. 🙂
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Hopefully I’ll be able to post the photos sooner rather than later.
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Yum and yes to dessert 😉❤️
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It was delicious and as soon as my internet is back, I’ll post the photos
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Sheree, this is making me hungry.
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Sorry, there are no photos but I have no internet
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Sheree, is that because the internet is down on your end?
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Haven’t had any internet for almost three weeks!
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Sheree, I can imagine that it is difficult for youto have to contend with that.
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Sheree, I can imagine that it is difficult for you to have to contend with that.
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I’m trying to stay zen
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Sheree, I can understand that.
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This sounds really good, I do like Apple Crumble.
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My husband certainly enjoyed it
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Oh my, forget about dinner let’s go straight to dessert!
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😎
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