It’s an English recipe with blackberries, apples, and a crumble topping that produces a wonderful dessert. My mother loved it and now my family does too. Serve hot or cold with ice cream, English custard, or fresh cream.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 50 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 3 large green apples, peeled and cored
- ⅓ cup water
- 3 tablespoons white sugar, or more to taste
- ½ pound fresh blackberries, or more to taste
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup white sugar
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter, slightly softened
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Slice apples and place in a saucepan with water and 3 tablespoons sugar. Heat over medium-low heat for 5 minutes, stirring every minute to prevent sticking. Stir in blackberries and taste, adjusting sugar if necessary. Make sure apples get thoroughly coated with blackberry juice. Cook for about 3 minutes; mixture will still be runny. Pour into a 2-quart casserole dish and allow to cool slightly.
- Meanwhile, combine flour, sugar, and butter for crumble topping in a mixing bowl. Mix with an electric mixer or your fingers until it resembles bread crumbs. Pile the crumble topping evenly over the fruit.
- Cook in the preheated oven until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.
- Green cooking apples work best but sharp, great-eating apples work as well.
- Add more berries if you use strawberries instead. Use rhubarb to boost up the fruit section.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 295 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 54 g |
| Cholesterol | 20 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 3 mg |
| Sugars | 27 g |
| Fat | 8 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |