Apple and blackberry crumble
- Prepare
- less than 30 mins
- Cook
- 30 mins to 1 hour
- Serve
- Serves 6-8
This is a healthy twist on an apple and blackberry crumble recipe. It's made with muesli, oats and nuts for extra crunch.
Ingredients
For the filling
- bramley apples: 900g/2lb bramley apples
- blackberries: 350-400g/12oz-1lb blackberries
- demerara sugar: 175g/6oz demerara sugar
- lemons: 2 lemons
For the topping
- plain flour: 225g/8oz plain flour
- butter: 175g/6oz butter
- demerara sugar: 55g/2oz demerara sugar
- muesli: 125g/4oz muesli or a mixture of oats, seeds and chopped nuts
Method
Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
Peel, core and chop the apples into small chunks. Cut the lemons in half and squeeze the juice over the apple and mix well. This not only adds flavour but prevents the freshly peeled apples from discolouring.
Layer the apples, blackberries, and sugar in a large pie dish (a lasagne dish is ideal).
Place the flour in a large bowl and then rub in the butter until it resembles breadcrumbs - leave a few lumps of butter so that the topping is not too fine. Add the muesli or oat/seed/nut mixture and the sugar and mix through.
Use a spoon to sprinkle the crumble topping evenly over the fruit. Bake for 45 minutes or until the fruit is cooked and bubbling juices seep through the topping.
Cool for a few minutes and then serve with custard or fresh cream.
