Apple and Raspberry Crumble with Chocolate and Hazelnuts
I've given the classic apple crumble a twist by adding aromatic raspberries and chocolate chips. This satisfying dessert is full of summer flavour, with juicy fruit at the bottom and a lovely golden topping.
Course Dessert
Cuisine British
Prep Time 25 minutesminutes
Cook Time 40 minutesminutes
Servings 5
Calories 675kcal
Author Lea
Equipment
oven dish round - 23cm in diameter, 6 cm tall / square - 22 x 22 x 5 cm
Ingredients
For the Crumble Topping
180gplain flour
100gcaster sugar
100gunsalted butter cut to small 1 cm cubes while cold; you can let it warm up for around 15 - 20 minutes before use
100gplain chocolatechocolate chips or chopped chocolate block
50gblanched hazelnutscrushed
For the Fruit Base
3medium-sized applespeeled, cored, quarters of the apples cut into slices
250graspberriesfresh or frozen
100gcaster sugar
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180°C (I use a fan assisted program).
Crumble Topping
With your fingers, rub together the flour, sugar, and cubed butter in a large mixing bowl. Pressing the flour and butter together with the palm of your hand can help to incorporate the butter evenly into the mix and speed up the process. Don't worry if the ingredients stick together into bigger clumps. It's easy to break them into smaller lumps afterwards. Note 1
Gently stir the crushed nuts and chocolate into the crumbly topping. Note 2
Fruit Base
Place the fruit into the baking dish; toss the caster sugar evenly all over the fruit (this is the point when you add chocolate if you are not mixing it with the topping).
Scatter the crumbly topping all over the top, covering the fruit.
Bake the apple and raspberry crumble in the preheated oven to 180°C for around 35 - 40 minutes.
Let the crumble cool down for 15 - 20 minutes before serving.
Notes
Note 1: The final crumble mix should consist of chunks of various sizes - some slightly bigger and some fine.Note 2: It's up to you when you want to add the chocolate. It can be tossed over the fruit and covered with the crumble, or you can mix the chocolate into the crumble mix at the same time with nuts (that is what I prefer).