Apple Crumble with Vanilla Sauce

As the tragedy in Japan unfolds, it is very sobering to realize what nature can do and the damage it can cause. The earthquake and the tsunami were horrific and coupled with that a nuclear melt down only made the matters worse.
While it is common in Japan to have earthquakes and Tsunamis, the power of the recent 9.0 magnitude earthquake that bent the tip of the Tokyo Tower can fundamentally change the face of the nation. Day after Day on the TV, the devastating pictures and the harrowing stories undeniably makes you dazed.

That said, I think a country with resilient people which recovered from WW II and the Hiroshima Nagasaki destruction will definitely make its way through this one...

Recipe: Mallika Badrinath

6 Apples
4 Tbsps Sugar
1 cup All Purpose flour
3 1/2 oz Butter
5 Tbsps Caster Sugar
2 tbsps Lemon Juice

• Preheat the oven to 350F
• Peel the apples and cut them vertically into finger shaped pieces
• In a pan, place the sliced apples, sprinkle a handful of water, 4 tbsps of sugar and lemon juice
• Cook for 5 min and remove from the stove.
• Wit a hand mixer, mix the butter, the flour until well mixed but make sure not to make it into a dough. It should be crumbled
• Apply butter to a pan or a pie dish
• Arrange the apples. Sprinkle the crumb mixture on the top by covering it completely
• Press lightly and you can make shapes if you are feeling upto it
• Bake in the oven until the top is golden brown
• Take a scoop and place it in a bowl. Serve with Vanilla Sauce (Recipe follows)
  

Vanilla Sauce

2 Egg Yolks
1 tsp Corn Starch
1 1/2 tbsps Fine Sugar
1 cup warm milk

• Beat the eggs with Vanilla extract
• Add and corn flour to the egg mixture
• Add the milk and continue to stir until it thickens and has a custard consistency