Apricot Crumble Pie

PREPARATION TIME: 30 MINUTES

Ingredients

8 fresh apricots
500 gm butter
500 gm icing sugar
3 eggs, lightly beaten
250 gm flour, for the dough
10-15 gm baking powder
100 gm almond flakes
100 gm butter
100 gm flour, for the crumble
salt to taste

Method

Peel and slice the apricots.

Beat butter and sugar till smooth. Add a pinch of salt to it.
Incorporate eggs, baking powder and flour slowly into the mixture

Knead into dough and roll it to a thickness of 4-inches.
Cut it into a round shape and place it in a 9—inch pie mould.

Arrange apricot on the base of dough. Top with crumble mixture.

Cover the mould with a strip of pie dough.

Bake it in microwave for five minutes until juice forms bubbles that burst slowly. De-mould and serve.

For the crumble mixture

Rub almond flakes and 100 gm flour. Mix well.

SERVES 8