Can you freeze apple crumble?
Yes, before its final cook. Freeze it in portions, one to each container.
How to freeze and defrost it, with the Food Standards Agency’s advice at each step.
The recipe
One batch makes 8 portions.
Ingredients for 8 portions
Method
Filling
- Peel, quarter and core bramley apple, then slice 5 mm thick.
- Spread the apples in your containers, one meal to each, and press them down flat.
- Sprinkle over golden caster sugar.
Crumble
- Mix plain flour and golden caster sugar in a large bowl.
- Dice salted butter and rub it into the flour with your fingertips until it looks like breadcrumbs.
- Scatter the crumble evenly over the apples.
To eat now
- Preheat the oven to 170°C fan.
- Bake for 40 minutes until the top is golden brown and the apples are bubbling at the edges.
How to freeze
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cool any warm dishes before putting them in your freezer
, says the Food Standards Agency. - Put the lid on the container.
How to defrost
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the safest way to defrost food is in the fridge overnight
, says the Food Standards Agency. - Take the lid off.
- Heat it in the oven until it’s steaming hot all the way through and golden.
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it is important that food is cooked to steaming hot throughout, rather than warmed
, says the Food Standards Agency.
How we’d cook it, not advice. We don’t check recipes for allergens, and ingredients vary by brand, so check the label on everything you use. Prepare and cook food the way the Food Standards Agency says. Allergens and food safety
Nutrition
Per portion- Energy
- 515 kcal
- Fat
- 21.3g
- Carbohydrate
- 74.9g
- Protein
- 4.7g
Nutrition details
- Energy
- 515 kcal
- Fat
- 21.3g
- of which saturates
- 13.3g
- Carbohydrate
- 74.9g
- of which sugars
- 45.9g
- Fibre
- 3.4g
- Protein
- 4.7g
- Salt
- 0.49g
Estimated from ingredient data.
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Used in
No special kit
- Works best in foil trays with lids Any freezer-safe container does the job too.
- Everything from one shop Batch cook it with Nomstash and the foil trays with lids go on the same shopping list as the food.
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Freezing and defrosting safely
The Food Standards Agency’s advice, in their words.
Label everything you freeze.
label food you freeze so you don’t end up with Unidentified Frozen Objects (UFOs)
The rest of the Food Standards Agency’s advice, in their words, is in our freezing and defrosting guide.
Sources
- Food Standards Agency How to chill, freeze and defrost food safely gov.uk
- Food Standards Agency Cooking your food gov.uk
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