Christmas crumble
Serves: 6
Prep time: 15 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Tara Fisher
Christmas crumble
Our luscious cranberry apple crumble, with a brandy butter topping, is the festive pud you’ve been dreaming of
Serves: 6
Prep time: 15 minsTotal time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
416Kcal
Fat
11gr
Saturates
7gr
Carbs
70gr
Sugars
44gr
Fibre
5gr
Protein
4gr
Salt
0.2gr
Tamsin Burnett-Hall
Tamsin learned the tricks of the trade from cookery legend Delia Smith. A trusted recipe writer for the magazine for over 25 years, she is now our Senior Food Producer, overseeing testing and editing to ensure that every recipe tastes great, is straightforward to follow and works without fail. In her home kitchen, Tamsin creates fuss-free flavour-packed food for friends and family, with baking being her ultimate form of comfort cooking
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Tamsin Burnett-Hall
Tamsin learned the tricks of the trade from cookery legend Delia Smith. A trusted recipe writer for the magazine for over 25 years, she is now our Senior Food Producer, overseeing testing and editing to ensure that every recipe tastes great, is straightforward to follow and works without fail. In her home kitchen, Tamsin creates fuss-free flavour-packed food for friends and family, with baking being her ultimate form of comfort cooking
See more of Tamsin Burnett-Hall’s recipes
Ingredients
- 5 medium Bramley apples (about 900g), peeled, cored and diced
- 100g fresh or frozen cranberries
- 60g caster sugar
- 1 tsp ground mixed spice
- ½ tsp ground cloves
For the crumble topping
- 150g brandy butter
- 200g plain flour
- 50g demerara sugar
Step by step
Get ahead
Make the fruit filling several hours ahead.
- Preheat the oven to 190°C, fan 170°C, gas 5.
- Put the apples in a large saucepan with the cranberries, caster sugar, ground mixed spice and ground cloves, plus 100ml water. Cover and cook for 5 minutes or until the apples start to soften, then tip into a baking dish and leave to cool.
- Make the crumble by rubbing the brandy butter into the plain flour, then stir in the demerara sugar. Scatter over the fruit and bake in the oven for 40-45 mins.
