Here is a deliciously, comforting, spiced plum and blackberry crumble recipe from bbcgoodfood.com, made from this seasons harvest fruit of ripe plum and blackberries, to make this autumn those cosy nights in at home.
Serves 6
Ingredients
140 g plain flour
140 g butter,cut into small chunks
85 g soft brown sugar
50 g porridge oats
custard,to serve
For the fruit
1 kg ripe plum,halve and stoned
1 tbsp soft brown sugar
1 tbsp plain flour
2 star anise
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
juice 1/2 lemon
300 g blackberry
Method
1.First,make the crumble topping.Put the flour and butter in a food processor and pulse till a wet rough texture.Tip into a bowl and add the sugar and oats.Sprinkle the mixture with 2 tbsp
cold water,then use a fork to mix everything together,creating a crumbly texture with a few large clumps.Chill until needed.
2.Heat the oven to 200 C/180 C fan/gas 6.Tip all the fruit ingredients,except the blackberries,into a large ovenproof dish.Add 50 ml water,cover with foil and bake for 1 hr.Remove the foil and discard star anise.Add the blackberries to the dish,sprinkle over the crumble mixture and return to the oven for a further 25-30 mins until the top is golden.Serve hot with custard.