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Apple pudding

November 18, 2011 By: Yasmin Category: Other baked stuff No Comments →

Another very easy dessert to make at home using apples or pear. Looking at the ingredients, I thought it would taste like pancake. But because it is rich with eggs, it turned out tasting like Cream Caramel with apples ! Super-easy to do, you won’t even need a mixer to whip up this baked pudding.

Ingredients:

1/3 cup of raisins (soak in hot water)

4 medium sized apples (or pears), thinly sliced

For the custard :

2/3 cup of all-purpose flour

1/2 cup of castor sugar

1 1/2 cup of milk

4 large eggs

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

A few pieces of butter to dot the surface

Preheat the oven at 180C. Soak the raisins and then drain the water. Peel and slice the apples. Butter a pie plate or gratin and scatter the apples and raisin. To prepare the custard, beat the eggs with the sugar lightly. Whisk in the milk and the vanilla extract. Mix till smooth. Then slowly add the flour and stir till there is no lumps. The batter will be thin and runny. Pour onto the apples and dot with little pieces of butter. Bake the pudding until the custard sets. Do not over bake, it should be a little jiggly when you take it out of the oven. Baking time – approximately 40 to 50 minutes.

And it’s ready. Bon appétit

Apple crumble

November 08, 2011 By: Yasmin Category: Baking notes, Other baked stuff, Pie 2 Comments →

This is one of the easiest dessert to make. The only boring process to endure is peeling and slicing the apples. The rest can be done in just a few minutes. I made this Apple crumble last nite and totally forgot to take a picture before devouring it. But at least we get to see the Apple filling. Here’s the recipe for my Apple Crumble. For a 9 inch pie plate.

For the filling :

4 to 5 medium sized apples – peel, cored and sliced thinly

3 tablespoon of castor sugar, or to taste

1 tablespoon of flour

diced cold butter – to sprinkle, as you like

Raisin – scattered on top, qty as you wish

For the crumble topping :

100 gm plain flour

70 gm brown/ demerara sugar/ castor sugar, or to taste

70 gm cold butter, diced ( I just use a grater)

70 gm ground almond (or oat)

some almond flakes to scatter on top

As you can see, there is no fix weight of ingredients to adhere. This is really a very simple dish to make, bak kata orang Melayu – main campak2 je.. Ok, to make the filling, just mix the sliced apples with sugar and flour. Rub some butter on the pie plate. Then pour the apples into it. Top with some butter and raisin. Some add cinnamon into this filling, its up to you.

For the crumble, just rub all the ingredients (except almond flakes) together till it resembles breadcrumbs. Use your hands or food processor. You can leave some big pieces of butter in it, it doesn’t matter. You can also reduce the amount of sugar, just take a pinch and taste and keep adding sugar till you are satisfied with the sweetness.

Scatter the topping over the apples, then top with almond flakes to make it look pretty . Bake at 180C for about 40 minutes, or till the crumble is brown and the fruit filling is bubbling and soft. Let it rest for 15 minutes (if you can stand it). Serve with ice-cream, whip-cream, or as my husband like it – just as it is.