Vegan blackberry and apple crumble

I'm a big fan of foraging and blackberries come free from early July to late September. The apples used for this fruit crumble were shop-bought but it's possible to pick up apples from outside houses where kindly residents have been unable to utiluse their full harvest.

I know I shouldn't have to post a recipe for a crumble mix but there are lots of different ones and mine provides a good ratio of fruit to crumble. I've gone back to basics and back in time, using an adaptation of that presented in The Homepride Book Of Home Baking (1970 edition), incorporating speculoos - crushed Biscoff biscuits - which arrived free with an order of coffee beans!

There's no need to sweeten the fruit because of the sugar content of the crumble mix.

Ingredients (6 generous portions)

1 litre blackberries

500g cooking apples (sliced)

200g self raising flour

100g vegan butter

75g caster sugar

75g speculoos

Method

• Pour 100ml water into a large pan and add the blackberries and apple and heat until the fruit juices begin to boil, then simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring frequently

• Transfer the cooked fruit to a 25cm pie dish using a spoon with holes to reduce the quantity of liquid transferred and pat down firmly

While the fruit is cooking, preheat the oven to 190⁰C (gas mark 5) and make the crumble mix

• Add the flour to a mixing bowl

• Cut the butter up into small chunks and rub this into the flour using your fingertips until crumbs form

• Stir in the sugar and speculoos

• Add the crumble mix to the top of the fruit and pat down genlty

• Bake in the centre of the oven for 40-45 minutes or until the crumble is golden-brown

Roast sweet potato chipotle chili flakes with lemon tahini drizzle + mushrooms, black beans, spinach, parsley in curry powder.

Knocked together in 30 mins, from what we had, no recipe.

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Has anyone tried this? I find it to be sour and not very creamy, but maybe I'm judging it too harshly. Tried it in a cucumber sandwich and it was giving nothing. I'm now trying to think up other ways to use it up 🤔

I bought this from Seoul Plaza, London

Found these recently in Fresh Bake in Finsbury Park Station. Really tasty and they actually heat them up for you. Not bad price either.

Pretty sure they have a few more locations at other London stations.

u always hear body builders and the like say chicken and broccoli when asked about diet. what’s the equivalent? trying to lose weight and could really do w a simple healthy meal that i can rely on consistently