Swedish apple cake

Ingredients

Quantities for 8 servings.

• 1 kg Tart apples
• 200 g Flour
• 150 g Butter, cold
• 150 g Sugar
• 2 tsp Cinnamon
• 80 g Rolled oats
• 300 ml Milk, for the sauce
• 200 ml Cream, for the sauce
• 4 piece Egg yolks
• 1 piece Vanilla
• 1 tsp Cornflour
• 1 pinch Salt

Method

1. Peel the apples, cut them into thick wedges and spread them in a buttered dish.
2. Scatter half the sugar and the cinnamon over the apples and toss them lightly in the dish.
3. Rub the cold butter into the flour with the remaining sugar and salt, using your fingertips, to a coarse crumb.
4. Mix in the oats and scatter the crumble over the apples without pressing it down.
5. Bake at 190 °C for forty minutes, until the top is golden and juice bubbles at the edges.
6. Warm the milk and cream with the split vanilla pod, without letting it boil.
7. Whisk the yolks with the cornflour, pour in the hot milk in a thin stream and cook the sauce to thickness, stirring.