Urbanrajah Special Elaichi Apple Crumble

• Main:
• 800g cooking appled, peeled, cored and sliced
• 4 plums, halved and stoned
• 60g light muscovado sugar
• 2tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp cloves
• 1 star anise
• 2 tbs water
• Crumble topping
• 125g wholemeal flour
• 125g porridge oats
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 100g butter
• 150g grated jaggery (or light muscovado sugar)
• 2 tsp ground elaichi (green cardamom powder)
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon

1. In a saucepan, heat the apples, sugar, ginger, cloves, star anise and water over a medium temperature for about 15 minutes or until the apples have softened and the spices have yielded their aroma. Take off the heat and stir in the plums.
2. Pop the flour, oats, baking powder and butter into a mixing bowl and massage with your finger tips until the mix takes on the appearance of fine breadcrumbs. Now stir in the jaggery (sugar), elaichi powder and ground cinnamon.
3. Using a shallow oven proof dish fill it with the fruit mix and sprinkle the crumble topping evenly without pressing down. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180oC/Gas 4 for 30-40 minutes until golden and crispy.
4. Serve with single cream infused with a couple of Madagascan vanilla pods.

cooking, muscovado sugar, ground ginger, cloves, anise, water, topping, wholemeal flour, oats, baking powder, butter, jaggery, ground elaichi, ground cinnamon

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/urbanrajah-special-elaichi-apple-crumble-53012381 (may not work)