Apple Blackberry Crumble

Ingredients

• For the fruit filling:
• 1 1/2 cups fresh blackberries
• 4 medium sized apples, peeled, cored and cut into small chunks
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tbsp cornflour/cornstarch
• 1/2 cup  light brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• For the crumble topping:
• 1 cup  plain/all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup  light brown sugar
• 1 stick  unsalted butter

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350F and spray an 8×8 inch square pan with baking spray.
2. Make the fruit topping first: Place the blackberries, chunks of apple, cinnamon, cornflour, sugar and vanilla extract into a medium sized bowl and stir until all the fruit is coated with the flour and sugar mixture. Leave to one side until the fruit becomes glossy.
3. Make the crumble topping: Place the flour, sugar and butter into a medium sized bowl and rub together until you have pea sized lumps of mixture. Smaller lumps of mixture are fine too. I use a pastry cutter to make my topping as it’s much quicker.
4. Tip your fruit mixture into your prepared pan and smooth into an even layer. Sprinkle the crumble mixture over the fruit, it’s perfectly fine if a little bit of fruit shows through.
5. Place in the oven for 35-40 minutes, until the top is golden and the fruit is bubbling. I also used a fork to poke the middle and feel if the apples were soft. You want to feel hardly any resistance from the apples.
6. Leave to cool in the pan for 30 minutes, then serve warm with custard or vanilla ice cream.