Apple & Blackberry Crumble/ Crisp

hello again my name's John I'm a retired chef from the northeast of England in the UK and welcome to another one of my dessert videos in this one I'll be making the stunning apple and blackberry crumble you may know this dish as Apple and Blackberry crisp and this most definitely is another one of our customers favorites especially in the autumn and winter months and if you're interested I believe this dessert originates from Ireland and is usually served with hot custard or vanilla ice cream and here's a list of the ingredients if you want to have a go at making it yourself for this recipe you'll need approximately 1.2 kilograms that's around two and a half pounds of apples I'll start the recipe by finely grate in the zest and juice in one medium sized lemon [Music] now watch peel core and dice the apples are shown I'm using these Braeburn apples again where you can use any sweet eating apple variety for this dish [Music] [Music] once the apples are prepared caught them in the lemon juice to stop them browning and set them aside for now time to make the crumble mix add the flour to a ball followed by the sugar I'm using Demerara sugar for this because it's loose and not sticky like regular brown sugar if you can't get this one just use ordinary white granulated sugar next add the oats or oatmeal and finally add the bottom [Music] now using your hands start to slowly squeeze it all together until it resembles breadcrumbs [Music] in real-time this took approximately four minutes [Music] once you get it to the right consistency as the cinnamon and nutmeg if you want to know how I make my cinnamon and nutmeg spice mix check out my apple sponge video I'll leave a link in the description box below now gently mix the spices in with your fingers [Music] right I'll set that aside while I get on with part cooking the apples before going any further pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius that's 356 degrees Fahrenheit or gas mark 4 I'm setting mine to 160 Celsius as my oven is fun assisted and it runs about 20 degrees Celsius hotter than indicated on the dial okie get a large frying pan hot and add the sugar from the filling ingredients list allow the sugar to completely melt don't leave the pun unattended at this point because this sugar gets seriously hot this clip speeded up four times so be patient with it once the color starts to turn a light brown and smoke is starting to appear carefully add the apples to the pan [Music] cook and stir until the apples are fairly hot this gives the Apple from wonderful caramelized flavor don't be concerned about the lumps of toffee in the mix they'll dissolve away in the oven and if you get any stuck on your stirrer just pull it off with the edge of the pan [Music] now add the lemon zest and cinnamon and mix those in [Music] another big lump of toffee don't be tempted to take it out it will dissolve the way [Music] finally add the butter and cook the apples for three to four minutes carefully stirring and tossing [Music] make sure you have a suitable Ross tantino ceramic dish ready [Music] now transfer the apples to the tin and level them off [Music] spread the blackberries evenly over the apples now because blackberries are out of season in the UK I'm using these fantastic frozen ones they're cheap and very juicy and if you can't get hold of blackberries there's a few different fruits you could use instead like rhubarb gooseberry plum peaches to name but a few [Music] now at the crumble mix and level it off [Music] don't leave any cups make sure all the fruit is covered [Music] now get it into the preheated oven and set your timer for 30 minutes [Music] and there it is I'll let it rest for a couple of minutes and try a little with some of my homemade custard [Music] [Music] now doesn't that look absolutely wonderful the perfect dessert for a cold winter's day another good accompaniment with this is a good dollop of vanilla ice cream this dessert has a great balance of spicy sweet tartness that'll suit most people's palate and art is absolutely gorgeous I really hope you try this one and I promise you'll give it a big thumbs up too well thank you again for watching please like share comment and subscribe by hitting the circle above if you do subscribe activate the Bell icon next to the subscribe button on my channel page and by doing that you'll be automatically notified every time I upload a new video and in the meantime here's a few of my other videos and playlists that you may wonder watch so until the next time be safe in the kitchen and bye for now [Music]

Channel: John Kirkwood

Views: 48,841

Keywords: Apples, Blackberries, Fruit dessert, Crumble, Apple crumble, Apple and Blackberry crumble, Apple and Blackberry Crisp, Pastry, Flour, Eggs, Butter, Fat, Egg Custard, Vanilla custard, Pie crust, Bake, Cook, Apple filling, Spiced apple, Apple Crisp. Egg Custard, Vanilla Ice Cream

Id: WxvjiokxbAY

Length: 10min 55sec (655 seconds)

Published: Thu Jan 31 2019