Tesco Finest Brown Betty recipe

Tesco Finest Brown Betty

This traditional American dessert, quite similar to a crumble, features apples layered or mixed with the crumb mixture as opposed to simply topped with it. If your family loves crumbles or cobblers, they'll love this as well.

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  • Serves 6
  • 25mins to prepare and 1hr to cook
  • 380 calories / serving

Ingredients

  • 115g Tesco Finest white bread for breadcrumbs
  • 175g unsalted butter
  • 6 apples, peeled, cored and thickly sliced
  • 30ml (2tbsp) fresh lemon juice
  • 75g (3oz) light brown sugar
  • 1tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1tsp ground nutmeg
  • Tesco Finest Jersey extra thick double cream, to serve

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Each serving contains

Energy
1585kJ 380.0kcal
19%
Fat
25g
high35%
Saturates
15g
high73%
Salt
0.4g
low7%
Sugars
25g
medium28%

of the Reference intake

Carbohydrate 39.6gProtein 2.9gFibre 3.5g

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 6, 200°C, fan 180°C.
  2. Spread the breadcrumbs onto a large shallow baking tray and toast for 5-6 minutes or until golden. Tip into a bowl, add the melted butter and stir well to coat.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix the appleslices with the lemon juice, sugar, cinnamon andnutmegand half the toasted breadcrumbs. Tip into a well-buttered 1 litre ovenproof dish and then scatter with the rest of the toasted breadcrumbs.
  4. Grate over a little more nutmeg, cover tightly with foil and bake for 35-40 minutes or until the apple is tender.
  5. Remove the foil and bake for another 15 minutes or until the breadcrumbs are golden and crisp.
  6. Serve hot with thick cream.

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