Apple & berry coconut crumble 椰酥烤野莓蘋果

I'm not a fan of crumble but Husband is, so for the weekend, I made a flourless crumble for both of us to enjoy.

Ingredients

Mix fruits

6 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored & diced

Mix coconut & sugar

1½ C fresh berries (blackberries, blueberries, raspberries)

¼ tsp ground nutmeg

1 tsp mixed sweet spice

1 tsp ground cinnamon

2 tbsp organic honey

½ C coconut flour

¼ C medium dessicated coconut

¼ C demerara sugar

2 tbsp coconut oil, melted

¼ C butter (not melted)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 175°C.
2. Grease a ovenproof 9x9 baking dish (I used a Pyrex oval baking dish).
3. Mix together the apples, berries, spices, melted coconut oil, and honey in a large bowl and pour into the baking dish. Let sit for flavours to infuse.
4. In a separate bowl, mix coconut flour, dessicated coconut, and sugar together.
5. Take a few cubes of butter at a time and rub into the flour mixture with clean fingers. Keep rubbing till the mixture comes to a crumbly consistency, resembling breadcrumbs.
6. Spread the crumbly mixture evenly over the fruits.
7. Dust ground cinnamon over the dish and bake for 20-25 minutes or until the top is golden and crispy.
8. Serve immediately.

The flavours from the fruits and spices are wonderful (Husband describes it as 'festive'). I was initially hesitant about using Granny Smith, but the tartness worked very well in this dish against the sweet spices. A few things I would change:

1. I didn't like the 'crumble' much as the coconut flour failed to create a proper crumbly texture. This is consistently a problem with coconut flour I find. When making this again, I'll use ground almond or pure rolled oats instead. Or perhaps a better substitution? 
2. The apples were cooked using this recipe but not enough. Next time, I will stew the apples in lemon juice (5 minutes cooking + 5 minutes stewing + 5 minutes reducing) first before mixing in the berries and baking.
3. Rather than mix the sugar into the flour mix, I'll sprinkle the sugar over the crumble for it to caramelise in the oven and create a crunch.