Delia Smith Basic Crumble Topping Food

OAT CRUMBLE TOPPING

Steps:

• Mix the oats and sugar together in a large bowl
• Melt the butter
• Add the melted butter to the oats and sugar (and cinnamon, if included) and combine thoroughly
• Spread the oat crumble topping evenly over the dish to be covered e.g. Precooked fruit
• Bake for 20 minutes at 190C / fan 170C / gas 5 until the crumble top is golden and the fruit is bubbling

QUICK CRUMBLE MIX

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Mix together the fruit and granulated sugar (you will need less sugar for canned fruit) so it's evenly coated. Tip into a pie dish where it fits snugly.
• Rub the butter into the flour to make a light breadcrumb texture. Do not overwork it or the crumble will become heavy. Add in the demerara sugar until combined and spread over the fruit until completely covered.
• Bake for 35-50 mins until golden brown and bubbling, and the fruit is tender. Leave to cool for 5 mins before serving.

BLUEBERRY AND PECAN MUFFINS (DELIA SMITH)

Steps:

• MUFFIN MIXTURE: Start off by sifting the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl.
• In a separate bowl mix together the egg, sugar, milk, melted butter and vanilla extract.
• Return the dry ingredients to the sieve and sift them straight on to the egg mixture. According to Delia Smith, this double sifting is essential because there won't be much mixing going on.
• Take a large spoon and fold the dry ingredients into the wet ones - quickly, in about 15 seconds. Don't overmix.
• Fold in the blueberries and half of the chopped pecan nuts (50g), again with a minimum of stirring.
• Grease your muffin tins or use paper cups.
• Spoon in just enough mixture to fill each muffin cup.
• TOPPING: Mix the remaining pecan nuts (50g) with the crushed sugar and top your muffins.
• Bake on a high shelf of the oven for 20 minutes for mini's or 30 minutes for regular ones. Oven temperature: 400°F / 200°C.
• Remove the muffins from the oven and cool in the tins for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack. If they are in paper cases remove them from the tins straight away.

CRUMBLE TOPPING

Steps:

• place ingredients in a bowl,mix together with a fork until crumbly. What you are looking for is that most of the ingrediets start to hold together,but will break apart.
• Top your cakes,pies,and muffins,and crisps with this mixture immediately.

GOOSEBERRY CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4.Toss the gooseberries with the caster sugar, spread in the bottom of a medium ovenproof baking dish with 2 tbsp water.
• To make the crumble, put the flour, butter and a big pinch of salt in a bowl. Rub together with your fingertips until you have a rough breadcrumb texture. Mix in the demerera sugar.
• Scatter the crumble topping evenly over the gooseberries. Bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes until top is pale golden and crunchy and the gooseberries bubbling. You can also give the crumble a quick flash under a hot grill to give the top an extra browning if you like.

QUICK CRUMBLE MIX

Steps:

• Rub the fat to the flour, add sugar, spread over the fruit. Remember to add 75g granulated sugar to the fruit.
• this recipe covers 100g fruit.