• Servings

  12 Slices

INGREDIENTS

• Base
• 1 1/2 cups almond meal
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tbsp milk
• 1 tbsp maple syrup
• Apple Filling
• 8 Jazz apples peeled, cored and cut into 1cm cubes
• 2 1/2 tbsp cornflour
• juice of 1 small lemon
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp cloves
• 1/3 cup water
• Crumble
• 3/4 cup plain flour
• 3/4 cup rolled oats
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 100 g butter

METHOD

Base

• Preheat the oven to 160°C.
• Line a 26cm x 20cm baking tin with baking paper
• In a large mixing bowl add almond meal.
• In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, oil, milk and maple syrup. Add wet ingredients to almond meal and combine well.
• Spread the base mixture evenly and bake for 10 minutes, until slightly golden. Set aside to cool.

Apple Filling

• Toss apples in lemon juice immediately to avoid browning. Add cornflour and spices and toss.
• Transfer to a medium saucepan with the water and cook for 10-15 minutes, until the apples are soft. Spread apple filling evenly on top of the baked base

Crumble

• Set oven to 180°C.
• Combine ingredients in a mixing bowl.
• Use your fingertips to rub the butter into the flour mixture until the mixture is well combined and is crumbly to touch.
• Evenly spread the crumble mixture over the apples and place in the oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
• Set aside and allow to cool before cutting into squares.