Easiest Way to Cook Perfect Slow Cooked Apple Crumble

Slow Cooked Apple Crumble.

You can have Slow Cooked Apple Crumble using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Slow Cooked Apple Crumble

1. Prepare 25 g of Butter (a).
2. It's of For the Filling.
3. It's 750 g of Apples - Peeled, Cored and Roughly Chopped (you don't have to use cooking apples, I like using sweet apples like pink ladies and such but any will do.).
4. You need 150 g of Sugar.
5. It's 50 ml of Lemon Juice.
6. Prepare 2 tsp of Ground Cinnamon (b).
7. You need 1/2 tsp of Ground Nutmeg (b).
8. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Ground Ginger(b).
9. It's 50 ml of Cider Vinegar - especially if using sweeter apples (b).
10. Prepare of For the Topping.
11. You need 150 g of Plain Flour.
12. You need 150 g of Sugar.
13. It's 100 g of Butter - Chilled and Cubed (a).
14. You need 75 g of Rolled Oats.
15. You need 50 g of Chopped Nuts (b).
16. It's 1 tsp of Cinnamon (b).
17. You need 1 of Star Anise - Crushed (b).
18. It's of (a) - Can be subbed for vegetable fat if you prefer.
19. Prepare of (b) - Optional but tasty.

Slow Cooked Apple Crumble step by step

1. Grease the liner of a 5 ltr slow cooker with butter..
2. In a large mixing bowl mix together all of the filling ingredients that you have chosen to go with, cover with cling film and refrigerate for an hour or two to allow the flavours to infuse..
3. Meanwhile, in another bowl, rub together by hand the sugar, flour and chilled butter until you have a breadcrumb like consistency..
4. Gently add in the rest of the ingredients taking care not to over work the mixture as you don't want it to stick together and form a dough. You may choose to hold back a little of the sugar to sprinkle over the top..
5. When ready, pour your filling mixture into your greased slow cooker liner and gently spoon over the crumble mixture. Sprinkle with any sugar you saved (or just add more if you like)..
6. Cover and cook on the lowest setting for around 4-4.5 hours..
7. For a crunchier topping you may transfer your slow cooker liner to an oven for the final 10 minutes of cook time. Preheat to around 180 degrees C for this..
8. Serve straight from the dish with your choice of cream, custard or ice cream..
9. Sit back, relax and enjoy..