Spiced Plum & Blackberry Crumble Recipe

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.