Apple Crumble Pie

Here’s how to make it…

Ingredients:

• 300g shortcrust pastry
• 150g plain flour
• 150g golden caster sugar
• 100g dairy free butter
• 100g light brown sugar
• 100g oats
• 2 cooking apples
• A handful of sultanas
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground nutmeg
• A drizzle of sunflower oil

Method:

• Begin by preheating the oven to 200 degrees (gas mark 6)
• Grease a 20 x 20cm cake tin with a little sunflower oil and set to one side
• Using a rolling pin, roll out the shortcrust pastry to create a square slightly larger than the cake tin
• Line the cake tin with the pastry
• Using a fork, prick the base of the pastry in several places. Remove any excess pastry
• Lay a sheet of baking paper on top of the pastry and weigh it down with ceramic baking beans or rice
• Put the cake tin in the pre-heated oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until crispy
• Remove the cake tin from the oven and set to one side. While the pastry cools, prepare the filling
• Peel and finely chop the apples
• Add the apples, light brown sugar, sultanas, cinnamon and nutmeg to a large pan. Stir to combine then saute on a medium heat until the apples are soft
• Spread the mixture evenly across the base of the pastry
• Add the plain flour, golden caster sugar, dairy free butter and oats to a bowl. Using clean hands, bring everything together to create a coarse crumb
• Spread the buttery crumb evenly across the top of the mixture
• Put the pie in the oven. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until golden

This recipe serves 8.