Apple and Cheshire crumble

Serves 6

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

> 75g/3oz unsalted butter

> 130g/4 1/2 oz plain flour

> 50g/2oz porridge oats

> 150g/5oz golden granulated or demerara sugar

> 700g/1 1/2lb Bramley cooking apples

> 40g/1 1/2oz sultanas

> 1 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

1. Pre-heat the oven to 190C/374F/gas mark 5. Grease an ovenproof dish.
2. Put the butter and flour into a bowl, and rub together with your fingertips to make rough crumbs.
3. Stir in the oats and 110g/4oz of the sugar. Set aside.
4. Peel, core and cut the apples into chunks. Put into a large pan with the sultanas, lemon juice, remaining 25g/1oz sugar and 2 tbsp water. Cook over a medium heat stirring for 5 minutes until just beginning to soften. Turn into the ovenproof dish.
5. Break the Cheshire cheese into large pieces and scatter over the apples. Take the crumble mixture and nip together with the fingertips to make it slightly lumpy. Scatter evenly over the cheese.
6. Bake in the oven for 25 minutes or until the top is golden and crisp.
7. Serve with Greek style yoghurt, custard or crème fraîche.