Apple and Blackberry Crumble Recipe
Apple and blackberry crumble is one of my wife’s favourite crumble recipes. It is great when you can get all the main ingredients from your own garden.
My last house used to have blackberry brambles (actually I should say was a bit overgrown with them!) and I had a nice selection of apple trees. Therefore we could make it throughout the summer months.
In the fall when the blackberries are nice and ripe this is a perfect dessert to make.
In the winter, fresh apples are always available in the supermarket and we can use frozen blackberries, which are fine. This will warm you up beautifully!
Here I have bought the ingredients I needed (which was actually only the apple, as I had the rest in house).
We have frozen blackberries in the freezer as we often use them to make smoothies for breakfast.
Crumble is great way to serve up fruit as a dessert. You can make all sorts of different flavours, depending on what you have available.
I think this simple apple and blackberry crumble recipe is better than a simple apple crumble recipe as it has the added tartness of the blackberries.
Not only does this improve the taste considerably as it gives it a sweet and sour combination, but it improves the colour no end. Look at this!

Of course, there are all sorts of other fruit crumbles you can make; summer fruit crumble, berry crumble (think of a berry!), mix and match crumble, gooseberry, plum. You pick the fruit.
Crumble topping mix
The secret is getting the crumble topping right. In this crumble topping recipe we have added some flaked almonds.
This gives it a bit of a nutty taste. Also, it is important to add the sugar to the topping last, as this makes it crispier.
You could also add oats to the crumble topping mix if you wish.
How to make crumble
This hearty dessert is a typical British pudding. A delicious mixture of sweet and tart that combines beautifully with the sweet and crunchy crumble topping. Serve up with cream or custard for a delicious end to a meal. Serve up with double cream, ice cream or custard. This nutrition information was automatically calculated by Nutritionix, but may not be 100% accurate.Apple and Blackberry Crumble
Ingredients
Instructions
Notes
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6 Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 666Total Fat: 21gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 47mgSodium: 167mgCarbohydrates: 119gFiber: 6gSugar: 84gProtein: 6g
THis recipe was delicious. I substituted half the apple for some homegrown rhubarb and added a little more sugar to the fruit to compensate. However I wonder if there is a typo in the crumble topping part of the recipe? 400g sugar seems a little much to me. I did it with 40g and it came out just fine!
Ruth, thank you so much for your comments. You are right about the typo – it should say 120g of sugar in the topping, not 400g! I have no idea how that happened. I have corrected it already. Glad you enjoyed the recipe!