TOFFEE APPLE SORBET WITH PECAN ROSEMARY CRUMBLE

Prep time 10 mins Cooking time 2 hours 20 mins Serves 8

INGREDIENTS

1.2kg medium apples, unpeeled, halved lengthways

75g brown sugar

110g caster (superfine) sugar

4 tbsp water

625ml cloudy apple juice

1 ½ tbsp lemon juice

PECAN ROSEMARY CRUMBLE

75g plain (all-purpose) flour

55g brown sugar

60g cold butter, finely chopped 30g roasted pecans, finely chopped 2 tsp chopped fresh rosemary

APPLE CRISP

1 medium apple

55g caster sugar

METHOD

Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line an oven tray with baking paper. Place apples, cut-side, up on tray; sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake for 1 hour 20 mins or until very tender. Cool. Meanwhile, stir caster sugar and water in a small saucepan over low heat, without boiling, until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil, without stirring, 7 mins or until deep golden brown. Carefully stir in 250ml of the apple juice and mix until smooth. Remove from heat. Cool.

To make pecan rosemary crumble, preheat oven to 180°C. Line a small oven tray with baking paper. Combine flour and sugar in a medium bowl; rub in butter until crumbly, stir in nuts and rosemary. Spread out evenly onto oven tray. Bake for 15 mins or until golden. Cool completely. (You can bake the crumble at the same time as the apples.)

Discard skin and seeds from cooked apples. Process flesh to make a smooth puree; add remaining apple juice with lemon juice and caramel, blend until combined. Strain apple mixture through a fine sieve, pressing pulp through the sieve. Churn apple mixture in an ice-cream machine, following manufacturer’s directions. Spoon mixture into a loaf pan, cover; freeze for 3 hours or until firm

To make apple crisps, preheat oven to 160°C. Line an oven tray with baking paper. Using a mandolin or V-slicer, cut apple into very thin slices. Place sugar on a small plate; lightly press both sides of apple slices onto sugar. Place apple slices, in a single layer, on tray.

Bake for 20 mins or until crisp. Cool.

Serve scoops of sorbet in bowls or glasses, topped with crumble and apple crisps.