This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Apple Crumble

Today is the 11^th anniversary of my husband and I getting together.

It happened on Bonfire Night, after walking to the Radcliffe Arms pub for dinner with our friends and watching the fireworks being set off in back gardens all over Oxford.

“I’m totally on the rebound” I said to him as our hands brushed against each-other.

“Me too. Totally,” he said.

We shared apple crumble. I could hardly eat a thing. And later that night, he kissed me. And that was that.

Apple Crumble (serves 6 – 8 – or 2 for dinner in its entirety)

Squeeze of lemon juice

• Pre heat the oven to 400 (200 if you’re in Britain)
• Peel and core the apples, cutting into bite sized chunks
• Squeeze lemon juice over to stop them from browning and place in a baking dish
• Mix with 1tbsp sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon
• Cut the cold butter into cubes and mix with the flour either in a processor or by hand until the mixture resembles sand
• Add in 2 tsp cinnamon, the ½ cup of sugar and the ½ cup of oats or chopped nuts
• Scatter the crumble mixture over the apples
• Bake for 35 minutes, then let cool for 10 minutes before serving with cream of vanilla ice cream

If you can make that you can make this:

• Add a handful of blackberries to the apples and another tbsp of sugar
• Add a handful of golden sultanas that have been soaked in 1 tbsp of rum for ten minutes to the apples
• Use half pears and half apples and use ground almonds instead of half of the flour I the crumble topping
• Bake individual crumbles in ramekins for a dinner party