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Apple and Blackberry Crumble

Ingredients

  • 2 large cooking apples
  • 100g blackberries
  • 2 × 15ml spoons of water
  • 1 × 15ml spoon of sugar
  • For the topping
  • 50g unsaturated fat spread
  • 100g plain flour
  • 50g oats
  • 50g demerara or caster sugar

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 180°c/gas mark 4
  • Peel and chop the apples into small 2cm pieces
  • Wash the blackberries
  • Place the fruit into the bottom of an ovenproof dish and sprinkle with water and sugar

For the topping

  • Place the spread into a mixing bowl with the flour and oats
  • Rub the spread into the flour until it looks like breadcrumbs
  • Stir in the sugar
  • Scatter the crumble mixture on top of the fruit
  • Place on the middle shelf of the oven and bake for 35-45 minutes until the crumble topping is golden

Courtesy of Nursery World Food Award winner 2019, Townhouse Nursery, in Stoke-on-Trent