When my gorgeous friend Brooke was visiting from Melbourne recently, we met for brunch at the new cafรฉ that is the talk of the town – Mrs S. It definitely lives up to the hype, so if you’re in Perth, you should definitely go. I thoroughly enjoyed my avocado, tomato, mushrooms and olive tapenade on rye toast, BUT I couldn’t help but feel the slightest bit miffed. They have Apple Crumble on the menu, see. Non-vegan Apple Crumble. My inner two-year-old chucked an internal tanty throughout the brunch as I watched the wait staff bring out crumble after crumble… BUT I WANT SOMMMEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! *foot stamp*
I may or may not have driven my friends crazy with Apple Crumble talk since then. When I get an idea in this head of mine, I find it hard to let it go…
Fast forward two weeks and it’s ANZAC Day! And you know what resembles ANZAC biscuits? You betcha! Apple Crumble topping! WHOOHOO!
What? I’m only a little obsessed.
ANYWAYYYYY, a public holiday Wednesday was all the encouragement I needed. FINALLY, I got my Apple-Crumble-for-breakfast fix, and once my friends experienced how tasty it was, I think they forgave my insane ramblings… (any day now…)
It was super dooper easy, too. I made 5 individual crumbles:
Apple Mixture:
- 6 Granny Smith apples (cored, sliced and peeled)
- Agave Nectar
- Ground cinnamon
- 1 cup plain flour
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup dessicated coconut
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds (or walnuts or pecans, etc)
- 100g Nuttelex (vegan margarine), chopped
- 2 cups raw cashews
- 1 cup soy milk
- 1/4 cup agave nectar
- Seeds from 1 vanilla pod
- In a large saucepan, gently simmer the apples in a little water, Agave Nectar, and Cinnamon until the apples are tender. You can do this the night before, in which case, store the apple mixture in the fridge overnight.
- Pre-heat the oven to 180C.
- Distribute the apple mixture evenly among the 5 bowls and top each with frozen raspberries.
- Combine the flour, sugar, oats, coconut and butter in a bowl.
- Use your fingertips to rub the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the almonds.
- Sprinkle the crumble mixture evenly over the 5 bowls.
- Place bowls in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden.
- Blend all the Cashew Cream ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth and creamy. If you’re not using a Vitamix or high-powered blender, soak the cashews in a bowl of water in the fridge overnight first.
- Serve the crumbles topped with Cashew Cream and tell me that’s not the best brunch you’ve ever had!! ๐
We spent the rest of the day at Fremantle, soaking up the atmosphere and watching the sun go down on another gorgeous day. Lest we forget.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.
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Veggiewitch
April 27, 2012 at 3:53 pm (13 years ago)Gorgeous! โฅ
vegansparkles
April 29, 2012 at 6:30 pm (13 years ago)Soooooo good – you must try! ๐
Gabby @ the veggie nook
April 27, 2012 at 5:14 pm (13 years ago)Delicious looking! Love the addition of the cashew cream on top!
vegansparkles
April 29, 2012 at 6:30 pm (13 years ago)It was sooooo good! The leftovers were just as yummy the next day, too! ๐
An Unrefined Vegan
April 28, 2012 at 2:32 am (13 years ago)I’ve been known to throw a tantrum or two because of food…Totally understandable! And I’ll bet your crumble is waaaaay better than theirs!
vegansparkles
April 29, 2012 at 6:29 pm (13 years ago)haha, here’s hoping! ๐
luminousvegans
April 29, 2012 at 10:18 pm (13 years ago)Gorgeous pics. Looks like another simple yet delectable dish..thank you for sharing it!
vegansparkles
April 30, 2012 at 1:24 pm (13 years ago)My pleasure! (ohhh, was it ever!) ๐
luminousvegans
April 29, 2012 at 10:20 pm (13 years ago)PS You should consider adding a “Pinterest” button to your blog…I’d love to easily pin your recipes to my board and I bet others would too. ๐
vegansparkles
April 30, 2012 at 1:25 pm (13 years ago)Oh I’ve got one down the side there but I’m new to Pinterest. Is that not the right one??
vegansparkles
April 30, 2012 at 8:04 pm (13 years ago)Oh I think I’ve found it now! haha, thanks for the tip! ๐
joyintheday
May 8, 2012 at 11:40 am (13 years ago)YUM!! I’m drooling! ๐
vegansparkles
May 8, 2012 at 12:18 pm (13 years ago)SOOOOOO good – you have to try! ๐
Danni
October 22, 2013 at 9:48 pm (11 years ago)Hey Lovely! This looks absolutely delish but i would prefer not to have the brown sugar in it, just to make it healthier- any ideas? thinking extra agave would make it too runny.. mmmm..
* Vegan Sparkles *
October 23, 2013 at 11:33 am (11 years ago)Hi Danni! I think agave might burn but you could give it a try. Otherwise coconut sugar is a great, healthy alternative (super low GI) plus it has a caramel flavour that would work really well. ๐