Gluten-Free, Warm Apple Crisp (paleo and vegan)

The move is coming fast, just a few days away now and still so much to do. Stress has taken its toll and I am back on antibiotics. I am being careful to eat simply, cleanly, and use up my remaining ingredients. So today called for something new but familiar and comforting. I hope you like it, here's to your health! As always, pictures follow.

Paleo Morning Apple Crumble

Ingredients:

Apple base-
-4 cooking apples like McIintosh
-1/2 C cranberry juice (not cocktail)
-3 Tbsp grade B maple syrup
-1 tsp ground cinnamon
-1 tsp real vanilla extract
-1 Tbsp kuzu, dissolved in 2 Tbsp cranberry juice. (Kuzu is organic Japanese arrowroot, I used this a lot in Macrobiotic cooking. It's great for thickening and is very soothing)
Method:
-Peel and slice apples and place in pan with all ingredients EXCEPT the dissolved kuzu.
-Cook in a medium flame for 5 mins, stirring every now and then.
-Add kuzu and stir while cooking for one more minute, remove from heat and pour into square or other shape heat proof dish. Reserve (keep aside)

Crumble:

-1 C ground almonds
-3 tsp whole hemp seeds
-3 Tbsp ground tiger nuts
-1/3 C potato starch (not flour)
-1/4 tsp vanilla powder
-pinch pink sea salt
- zest of 1 orange
-1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
-1/4 tsp ground cardamom
-1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
-1/4 C grade B maple syrup
-1/2 Cup melted organic cold pressed coconut oil
-3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil cold pressed
Method:
-Mix all dry in a bowl, add oils and maple syrup.
-Mix well and sprinkle over the top of the apples evenly.
-Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for
30 minutes until golden.
-Serve fresh and warm out of the oven, remember, it tastes better if you share it with those you love.
Bonne Appetit!