There is nothing quite so nostalgic to me as a good apple and blackberry crumble.
It brings back memories of tramping down the lanes, foraging fat blackberries from hedgerows and gleefully filling our plastic bags with them. Scrumping for apples (not such a common pastime these days) and taking a bite of the mouth-fizzingly tart fruit.
Of taking this bounty home and making apple and blackberry crumble – butter on our fingers, flour in our hair.
There is nothing quite as good at marking the change in the seasons as this crumble. Enjoy hot with vanilla ice cream or custard.
Apple and Blackberry Crumble – The Ingredients
This crumble needs very few ingredients, and is easy enough to make even with young children.
- The filling – apples, blackberries and a little sugar. That’s all you need. We cook the fruit and sugar until soft – you may need to add a little more sugar depending on how sour your fruit is.
- The topping – butter, flour and sugar. The butter (either salted or unsalted) and flour (self-raising) are rubbed together until they resemble breadcrumbs, then the sugar is simply stirred in.
Top Tips
- Variations
This crumble is perfect if your looking for desserts using blackberries, but you could switch them out for blueberries for a similar affect.
- Making the topping
The butter and flour need to be rubbed together. This means rubbing between your thumb and finger tips, gently working it so that the flour and butter resemble small breadcrumbs. This may take 5-10 minutes. Make sure that there aren’t any big lumps of butter left, but also try not to overwork it otherwise it can come together as a dough.
- Get ahead
Crumble is best eaten on the day it’s made, otherwise the topping can go soggy. You can make it earlier in the day and reheat in the oven just before serving, though.
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Apple and Blackberry Crumble
Save This RecipeIngredients
For the filling
- 200 g blackberries
- 4 apples cored and cut into small chunks
- 75 g brown sugar
For the topping
- 85 g chilled butter
- 140 g self raising flour
- 75 g caster sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- Put the blackberries, apple pieces and brown sugar into a saucepan. Put over a low heat and cook gently until soft. Remove from the heat and transfer to an ovenproof dish.
- Put the butter and flour into a bowl and rub together between your fingertips until they resemble breadcrumbs. Tip in the caster sugar and stir with a wooden spoon until evenly distributed.
- Sprinkle the topping evenly over the fruit filling. Put in the oven and cook for 30 minutes, or until bubbling and golden brown.
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