Crumble and I do not have a harmonious relationship. Actually, during the days of Home Ec class, I didn't have a particularly positive experience with anything culinary! There was the soggy apple pie and the disastrous lasagne to name but a few and my apple crumble, like everything else was less than desirable by the time it got home that evening...
Alas, apple crumble is George's favourite. So much so that for the last two years, he's said, and I quote;
"If you can make an apple crumble as good as Grandma's, you'll have my love for forever."
... no pressure then.
Until this week, I haven't dared take on Grandma Rivers in the kitchen. Rumour has it her yorkshires are perfect, her mince pies are heavenly, and her strawberry tarts will make a man week at the knees.
However, this week I finished my University finals and had some spare time on my hands and so I said I would make George anything he wanted to see him through the final week of revision (he finishes a week after me). Of course, he chose crumble.
I rang his Aunt for her crumble recipe in hope that if I at least started with a good, tried and tested recipe, it may minimise the amount that could go wrong.
All in all, it went pretty smoothly! I didn't have a dish small enough so I could have done with a bit more crumble for the size of the dish but other than that, George said I did pretty good! (Phew.)
This seeming success has got me thinking - I've mastered lasagne in recent years, apparently I've mastered crumble... what other of my Home Ec nemesi can I tackle... Whatch this space!
Click here for Auntie Anne's Apple Crumble recipe
Alas, apple crumble is George's favourite. So much so that for the last two years, he's said, and I quote;
"If you can make an apple crumble as good as Grandma's, you'll have my love for forever."
... no pressure then.
Until this week, I haven't dared take on Grandma Rivers in the kitchen. Rumour has it her yorkshires are perfect, her mince pies are heavenly, and her strawberry tarts will make a man week at the knees.
However, this week I finished my University finals and had some spare time on my hands and so I said I would make George anything he wanted to see him through the final week of revision (he finishes a week after me). Of course, he chose crumble.
I rang his Aunt for her crumble recipe in hope that if I at least started with a good, tried and tested recipe, it may minimise the amount that could go wrong.
All in all, it went pretty smoothly! I didn't have a dish small enough so I could have done with a bit more crumble for the size of the dish but other than that, George said I did pretty good! (Phew.)
This seeming success has got me thinking - I've mastered lasagne in recent years, apparently I've mastered crumble... what other of my Home Ec nemesi can I tackle... Whatch this space!
Click here for Auntie Anne's Apple Crumble recipe
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