Apple Crumble Pie

Was bored stiff today so decided to try my hands on making an apple crumble pie. The final product still looks ok (looks edible lor... haha) but then I thought it taste a bit funny. Let me explain why. Well... the bottom pastry taste alright. The apple filling wasn't that nice because I left the job of buying apples to my dad who couldn't find the nice big and sweet tasting apples. Instead, he came back with the small dark red kind which taste a bit hmmm sour la... Apparently, the sugar i added to make the apple filling wasn't enough to make up for the taste and thus the whole filling thing taste like a mixture of sweet and sour... Well, the crumble taste a bit saltish which I reckon is due to the salted butter used. As usual, I reduced the sugar used to make the crumble because I don't like the whole thing to taste too sweet. Also, because I didn't have any self rising flour which was required according to the recipe, I substituted with the DIY self rising flour (ie plain all purpose flour plus baking soda plus a bit of salt). Now it's time to put all the different tastes together: sweet and sour (apple filling) and a bit of saltiness (the crumble), the resultant taste becomes a bit weird lor... haha...
Well... maybe next time (if I ever decide to make this again), I'll try to blend the taste together so that it taste sweet. Apple crumble pie is supposed to taste sweet rite?
Haha, maybe next time I shall make my cheesecake or cheese tarts instead... =)