Apple & Blackberry Crumble

Dessert · British classic.

Ingredients

• 120g Plain Flour
• 60g Caster Sugar
• 60g Butter
• 300g Braeburn Apples
• 30g Butter
• 30g Demerara Sugar
• 120g Blackberries
• ¼ teaspoon Cinnamon
• to serve Ice Cream

Method

1. Heat the pan — Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Tip the flour and sugar into a large bowl.
2. Add ingredients — Add the butter, then rub into the flour using your fingertips to make a light breadcrumb texture.
3. Continue cooking — Do not overwork it or the crumble will become heavy.
4. Bake — Sprinkle the mixture evenly over a baking sheet and bake for 15 mins or until lightly coloured.
5. Continue cooking — Meanwhile, for the compote, peel, core and cut the apples into 2cm dice.
6. Heat the pan — Put the butter and sugar in a medium saucepan and melt together over a medium heat.
7. Mix together — Cook for 3 mins until the mixture turns to a light caramel.
8. Stir — Stir in the apples and cook for 3 mins. Add the blackberries and cinnamon, and cook for 3 mins more.
9. Heat the pan — Cover, remove from the heat, then leave for 2-3 mins to continue cooking in the warmth of the pan.
10. Serve — To serve, spoon the warm fruit into an ovenproof gratin dish, top with the crumble mix, then reheat in the oven for 5-10 mins.
11. Serve — Serve with vanilla ice cream.

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