Blackberry and Apple Crumble. For the Win!!!! [How To Make]

 

Date: 17/9/2013

Background: I was dawdling around Tesco the other day and saw some Blackberries for sale for only £1. The first thing I thought about was… CRUMBLE! So here we are.

What: Apple and Blackberry Crumble

Ingredients:

• 1 Bramley (Cooking) Apple
• 100g punnet of Blackberries
• 100g Caster Sugar
• 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
• 100g Self Raising Flour
• 50g Unsalted Butter
• 1/2 tsp Cinnamon

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 190C
2. Peel and core a Bramley Apple, and cut into slices
3. Place in the bottom of a (microwavable) Pyrex serving dish
4. Drizzle with the lemon juice to prevent discolouration of the fruit, and sprinkle with 25g of the Caster Sugar
5. Microwave for 2minutes at full power
6. Drain the liquid from the apple
7. Add the blackberries to the warm, soft apple and gently stir to incorporate, being careful not to break apart the fruit
8. In a separate bowl, gently rub together the cold butter to the flour and cinnamon, to create a crumb texture. Cold hands and cold butter are essential to prevent the butter melting!
9. Stir in the sugar to the crumb mixture
10. Pour the crumble topping over the fruit and gently compress
11. Bake in a preheated oven for 30-40mins or until the crumble is golden brown
12. Serve warm with cream/ice cream

What was Good: Winter is heeeeeerreeeee! This means roast dinners and hot crumbly delicious puddings! The blackberries added a tangy sour edge to counteract the sweetness of the apple and biscuity goodness of the crumble. I added the cinnamon to pair deliciously with the apples. Because after all who doesn’t love apple and cinnamon!? But as I am sure you have gathered if you have read my blog before, my FAVOURITE combination is HOT and COLD! The hot soft fruit slowly melts the vanilla ice cream, and the delicious dessert fills up your tummy and makes you feel enveloped in a warm hug!

What was Bad: This pudding went down so well with my parents and I, genuinely think that there was nothing I would do to improve it. My mum said that she the only improvement would be there be more of it!

Would I Make Them Again: Yes I would. You can never go wrong with a crumble.

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