Vanilla Bavarian Cream with Caramelized Apples and Almond Crumble

Ingredients

• Bavarian Cream

  • 1 tablespoon (15 ml) gelatin
  • 1/4 cup (60 ml) cold water
  • 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) hot milk
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1/2 cup (125 ml) sugar
  • 1 vanilla bean
  • 1 cup (250 ml) 35% cream, whipped

• Caramelized Apples

  • 3 tablespoons (45 ml) unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup (125 ml) brown sugar
  • 4 Cortland apples, peeled, cored and cut into thin wedges

• Almond Crumble

  • 1/2 cup (125 ml) toasted almonds
  • 1/2 cup (125 ml) all-purpose unbleached flour
  • 1/4 cup (60 ml) brown sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon (1 ml) salt
  • 1/4 cup (60 ml) cold unsalted butter, cut into small cubes