
Denise says:
- I personally don’t think you ever have too many apple crumble recipes and this one is completely different from any of my other creations; and another family favourite to make time and time again.
- It is made with a gooey filling of blackberries and apple, hence the ‘Black apple’ title and topped with chopped marzipan and a crunchy coating of an almond crumble.
- Preparation Time: 30 minutes
- Cooking Time: 40-45 minutes
- Serves: 10 people
Ingredients:
- 6 large Granny Smith apples -peeled, cored and thickly sliced
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 300g blackberries
- 50g demerara sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- 100g marzipan
- Crumble Topping
- 150g butter/ non dairy margarine – cut into cubes
- 200g plain flour
- 200g oats
- 50g demerara sugar
- 100g skin-on almonds – roughly chopped
- Zest of 2 lemons
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan / Gas mark 6.
- Place the apples in a large ovenware dish (1.6 litre).
- Squeeze over the lemon juice, then gently stir in the blackberries, sugar and spices.
- For the crumble, rub in the flour and oats to make a coarse crumbly mixture.
- Stir in the sugar, almonds and lemon zest.
- Chop up the marzipan and dot it over the fruit evenly in the dish.
- Sprinkle over the crumble mixture.
- Place the dish on a baking tray and bake for about 45 minutes or until the topping is golden and fruit is juicy and tender.
- Serve with custard or ice cream.
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