Summer Crumble

Photo: flickr user woodleywonderworks

Ingredients

3 Bramley apple, quartered, cored, and, finely, chopped

2 punnets of blackberries

2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

1 small handful basil, chopped

5 tablespoons sugar, heaping

4 tablespoons plain flour, heaping

pkt butter

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C / 400 degrees F / gas 6. Put the fruit into the bowl with the balsamic vinegar, basil and 2 tablespoons of sugar. Add a little more sugar if your blackberries are a bit sour. Mix and put to one side to marinate.

Using your fingers, rub together the flour, butter and the rest of the sugar (you can also do this in a food processor - just blitz until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs). I prefer to do this by hand as I like to end up with a nice rustic-looking crumble - with some bits bigger than others.

Put the fruit into an ovenproof serving dish or into individual dishes. Sprinkle the crumble mix over the fruit, making sure to pile more into the middle of the dish. Bake it in the oven for about half an hour or until the middle of the crumble is evenly golden and the fruit has started to bubble up around the edges.