Monday 8 September 2014

Blackberry crumble traybake



I can't resist blackberries. You can't get anything much more seasonal than fruit that grows wild without any human intervention. For me it really marks the change in the seasons from summer to autumn. When I was a child we always used to go blackberry picking on Wimbledon Common with the added bonus of a spot of Womble hunting. Sadly I never found a Womble but I was convinced they lived down holes on the golf course.

This year we just hadn't seemed to get round to going and with everything ripening early this year I feared we were too late. I had no need to worry though as on the first walk back to school I spotted them. Big and plump, their dark exterior hiding their deep purple juices. On the walk home in the afternoon I went armed with a selection of containers in which to carry our bounty. I had one helper eager to pick them while the other was content to point out the ones we had missed. I usually make a simple oat crumble with any fruit suitable but I decided to make a variation on this for our pudding that night. So here it is – picked, made and eaten within a couple of hours.
Equipment: Baking tray 11"x7" (28cm x18cm) lined with baking parchment, food processor or hand blender.

Ingredients

4½oz (125g) Self raising flour
4oz (110g) Unsalted butter
2oz (55g) Soft light brown sugar
1tsp (5ml) Vanilla extract
14oz (400g) Blackberries

Topping

2oz (55g) Plain flour
2oz (55g) Unsalted butter
1oz (28g) Porridge oats

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/Gas mark 4.
2. Put the flour and butter into a food processor or large bowl if using a hand blender.
3. Blitz until it looks like breadcrumbs.
4. Stir in sugar and vanilla extract.
5. Tip into the baking tray and spread out evenly.
6. Put the blackberries on top.
7. Mix the topping ingredients together and spoon over the top.
8. Bake for 40 minutes.

Serve hot or cold.



Linking to Four Seasons Food Autumn 'Getting Fruity' with Louisa at Eat Your Veg and Anneli at Délicieux. Recipe of the Week with Emily at A Mummy Too and Lucy at Supergolden Bakes for #CookBlogShare.






27 comments:

  1. Mmmmm. This looks delicious and so satisfying having made it from fruit you picked yourself. I've been wanting to make something like this but haven't got round to doing it yet with one thing and another.

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  2. Oh delicious! Love that you've used oats in it!

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  3. Pinning - yummy. I have never used porridge oats either.

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  4. I love crumble and blackberry crumble reminds me of lovely autumn days. I bet the oats add a lovely and healthy crunch.

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  5. OOh I want crumble now, all I have for lunch is a sandwich and a yoghurt....

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  6. Oh I adore crumble, but the boys not so much. I love autumn foods

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  7. I can't remember the last time I made a crumble... delicious

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  8. ooh I love blackberries too, my nan makes the best apple and blackberry crumble.

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  9. yum... blackberries are favourites

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  10. I am not a big blackberry fan, but if you could make an apple version and pop it in the post to me that would be awesome! x

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  11. Delicious. We're planning to go picking at the weekend.

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  12. oh i need to make one of these soon.
    do come and link with my #fridayfoodie pls http://romanianmum.com/2014/08/fridayfoodie-37.html

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  13. I need to take the kids blackberry picking and pronto

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  14. So want to do this and how nice for this time of year.

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  15. I used to love the Wombles too! And I still love blackberries, especially in a crumble like this!

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  16. This looks delicious. There are lots of blackberries in the forest near us. Blackberry crumble is just perfect on an autumn day.

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  17. I too love blackberries and try to add them to almost anything including savoury recipes. I love a good traybake too - this sounds perfect for sharing (or not!). Thanks so much for linking to #CookBlogShare hope to see you next week!

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  18. I am another fan of blackberries although I am not sure where to pick them here.

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  19. Yum - I am next to you on the No Waste Food Challenge with another blackberry recipe!

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  20. It looks delicious Vanessa - will definitely try it with my blackberries from the freezer - may inspire me to pick a few more! Alison

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  21. Now is not a good time to be trying to lose weight - this looks delish!

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  22. What a beautiful recipe! Perfect for these colder evenings. Thank you for sharing with the no waste food challenge!

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  23. I love making a crumble with oats - I love the colder weather because teh food looks/tastes yummy!

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  24. Yum that looks delicious. I am such a blackberry fan and there seem to be so many around at the moment so I'll have to give this a try!

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  25. How weird is that? I made and posted something really similar at almost the same time! I love crumble bakes and this one sounds yum!

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  26. I love blackberries and this looks delicious x #cookblogshare

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  27. These look super-yummy, and thanks so much for entering them to FSF 'Getting Fruity' event back in September. My sincere apologies for only getting around to read and comment now, but it's been an exceptionally busy few months around here, sorry!

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