a blackberry crumble is a perfect comfort food and accompliment to a chilly autumn evening, after enjoying a stroll on the beach at dusk or a ramble through the beautiful English countryside gathering the fruit
but, if you cant get fresh berries, use other fruits like gooseberries, plums, peaches etc, or frozen berries or even a can of your favourite tinned fruit
| blackberries | 500 | gm |
| flour - plain | 300 | gm |
| butter - unsalted | 150 | gm |
| sugar - soft brown | 75 | gm |
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pre-heat oven to 180°C
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arrange the fruit in individual ramekins or a pie dish
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place the sifted flour, butter and sugar in a food processor and blitz until it resembles breadcrumbs
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prinkle over the crumble mixture
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place on a baking tray and bake until crumble is golden brown (approx 30 minutes)
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remove and allow to cool slightly
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serve as required
chef notes
to the basic crumble mixture, other ingredients may be added to suit one own's taste, e.g.
- ground cinnamon
- ground nutmeg
- ground ginger
- ground mixed spices
- ground almonds
- flaked almonds
- chopped hazelnuts, cobnuts, walnuts, pistachios etc
- pulverised ginger nut biscuits
- pulverised amoretti biscuits
See also
recipe - blackberry butter
recipe - blackberry cheese
recipe - blackberry autumnal pudding
recipe - blackberry brulee
recipe - blackberry cobbler
recipe - blackberry cordial syrup
recipe - blackberry crumble
