Ingredients
(serve 4)
2 cooking apples
150 g white sugar
200 g plain white flour
120 butter
1 clove or cinnamon stick
Method
1. Firstly peel and core the apples and roughly dice them into chunks.
2. Put the apple chunks into pan, add 3/4 of sugar, the cinnamon stick or clove and cover.
3. Allow to stew gently for 1/2 hour. Stirring occasionally with the wooden spoon. Keep checking as they can easily burn at the beginning.
4. Check that the fruit is cooked by mashing it a bit with wooden spoon. The apples should be soft but not pureed.
5. Put the apples into a serving dish and allow to cool.
6. Mix the white flour, remaining sugar and butter with your fingers in a bowl until it becomes like a breadcrumbs consistency.
7. Set the temperature of the oven to 150 degrees or gas 2.
8. Cover the stewed apples with the crumble topping without pressing down.
9. Bake for about 40 minutes or until crumble is golden brown and crunchy. 
10. Spoon a helping of apple crumble into a dish and serve with cream or ice cream.
(suggestion ~ alternatively can replace fruit by pineapple or strawberry or any fruit of your choice)
(cooking apples ~ probably refers to non-crunchy apples, as less crunchy seems to cook much faster than crunchy)
