Peach cream crumble

I know this blog is becoming something of a recipe book, but I cannot deprive my readers of the mouth-watering treats that my flatmates and me enjoy. So here is yet another, it's just come out of the oven, and smells amazing. Try it with ice cream...

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup sugar

• 2 tablespoons flour

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 1 cup sour cream or greek yoghurt

• 1 beaten egg

• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

• 2 cups sliced peaches

Butter Crumb Topping:

• 1/3 cup sugar

• 1/3 cup flour (I used whole-wheat)

• 1/4 cup butter, room temperature

• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). Combine 3/4 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, and salt; beat in sour cream, the beaten egg, and vanilla. Add sliced peaches. Pour mixture into pie pan. Bake at 400°F for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350°F (175°C) and bake 15 minutes longer. Remove from oven then increase heat to 400°F.

Combine topping ingredients, mix with a knife, then use your hands to mix them until crumbly; sprinkle over pie. Continue to bake pie at 400°F for 10 minutes longer.

Apple pies baked in apples

A friend sent me this amazing recipe some time ago, and now I finally had the time to try it (and adapt it, here's the original). Don't be put off by the prospect of removing the inside of the apples, it's easily done with a small knife and a tablespoon.

So here is the recipe for 4 people:

• 4 Granny smith apples (make sure that they can stand on their own)
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tbsp sugar or maple syrup
• 1 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tbsp raisins
• 1 tbsp shredded or sliced almonds
• pie crust (I used ready made one, here's a recipe if you want to try making your own)

Start by cutting the top off the apples, then start removing the inner bits. Be careful not to puncture the peel (although if that happens, don't worry, just wrap the bottom into some tin foil when baking so that the juice doesn't flow escape into the oven). Keep the apple bits and cut them into small pieces.

Mix the apple pieces with all the other ingredients (except for the pie crust), then spoon this filling into the hollow apples. 

Roll out the pie crust and cut it into thin slices. Weave these together into small squares and put them on top of the apples. Place them into a pan (so that the juice won't flow everywhere) and bake for 40-45 minutes (you can vary the baking time depending on how soft you want your apples).

It looks a bit burned here, but that's just the picture quality...

Voilà.