James Martin's apple crumble is an easy, crowd pleasing dessert you can whip up in no time at all.
Comfort food at it's finest. The nation's favourite Yorkshire chef has given his classic apple crumble recipe (opens in new tab) a tasty kick, adding in blackberries for a delicious fruity combo. The berries not only count towards your 5-a-day but add a gorgeous syrupy consistency to the fruit mixture. Finished with a beautiful buttery and oat topping. It only takes around 25-30 mins to cook and there's enough to serve four people generously. Warming, comforting and sweet, what more could you want after a winter Sunday roast?
Ingredients
- 2 large cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced
- 284g can blackberries in fruit juice
- 2tbsp (30ml) water
- 2tbsp (30ml) acacia honey
- 40g (1½ oz) plain flour
- 40g (1½ oz) wholemeal flour
- 25g (1oz) oats
- 60g (2oz) olive oil margarine
- 60g (2oz) flaked almonds
- 40g (1½ oz) brown sugar
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Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 190ºC (375ºF, gas mark 5).
- Put the prepared apples, blackberries and their juice and water into an ovenproof dish. Stir in the honey.
- For the topping, put the flours and oats in a bowl and rub in the margarine until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Mix in the almonds and sugar. Alternatively, mix in a food processor.
- Spread the crumble mixture over the fruit and bake in the oven for 25-30 mins until the topping is lightly golden.
Top tips for making James Martin's apple crumble:
Add a sprinkle of ginger, cinnamon or nutmeg to give this crumble even more flavour.
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