The Easiest and Most Delicious British Classic Dessert - Blackberry and Apple Crumble with Custard

A dessert (pudding) so simple and yet so delicious it graces the tables of many British homes including Royalty. The perfect end to a British Sunday roast dinner. Blackberry and Apple Crumble with Custard.

I learn't to cook this dish as a young boy under the watchful eye of my mother and went on to prepare it for Royal lunch at Balmoral Castle, Windsor Castle and Sandringham. Everyone has their favorite crumble; apple, raspberry, rhubarb and Prince Charles favorite pear and banana but all agree the topping has to be custard and/or cream. Absolutely delicious!

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Blackberry and Apple Crumble with Custard

Makes 6-8 portions

4 cups blackberries
2 cups apples, peeled and thinly sliced
¼ - ½ cup sugar
1 TBS cornstarch
For the crumble;
2 cups flour
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
½ cup sugar

For the vanilla crème anglaise;
1 cup milk
1 cup heavy cream
6 egg yolks
vanilla bean extract
¼ cup sugar

Toss the blackberries, apples, sugar and cornstarch in a large bowl and pour into a casserole dish.

In a large bowl add the flour, sugar and butter and rub together to make fine crumbs. Spread evenly over the fruit.

Bake at 350 degrees F. for 30-40 minutes until the fruit is tender and the crumble is golden on top. Set aside to cool.

Prepare the crème anglaise, bring the milk and cream to a boil in a heavy based pot. Whisk the egg yolks, vanilla and sugar until combined in a large bowl.

Pour the boiling milk on to the egg mix and whisk until smooth. Return the mix to the pot and place back on the heat. Stir until the mix has the consistency of heavy cream.

[reneen.]

I turn my fruit pies into "crumbles" when I mess up my pie dough. 😆 No one knows it was a mistake! Thank you for the *intentional* recipe!

[kimberleygirl]

I have to congratulate you Sir. It was lovely when you did the tribute to Princess Diana. It was filled with wonderful stories and reflections on the positive and fun side of her. Well done you!🇦🇺🇬🇧

[StacyL.]

I love the "little bit" of Vanilla paste...😆😁

[minuteman]

My English mum put rolled oats and brown sugar into the crumble mix.

[JS-uiew]

Absolutely need the nuggety bits in my crumbles - who wants a sandy crumble...even putting in some roasted almonds sometimes for the crunch

[Beruthiel]

I used to pick blackberries with my Nana as a child in Tyneside over 65 years ago. They grew everywhere in the hedgerows, as well as back gardens, and we all loved them in pies or crumbles. It was such a treat, and as they were free nobody would dream of turning down a blackberry anything. Happy days. 😊

[candied.crabapples]

My grandmother would take us strawberry picking every summer when I was a kid. We wore bucket hats and had a bucket, walking up and down the rows of strawberries. 🍓 I’ve only gone blueberry picking once but I remember getting lost in the tall vines. Such good times. 😀

[jamesd]

Had the day from hell, one thing after another. This is just what I needed. Thankyou sir.

[Elkycreates]

I learned to make apricot crumble at school in the 80s here in Australia. We served it with vanilla ice cream. It still is one of my favourite desserts.

[afazi]

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[cainabel]

I have always liked British food. But you have made British classics very accessible to us here in the US. Thank you for your knowledge, experiences, and your kind and genteel manner. More of people like you are needed.

[bin]

Darren McGrady is too good for this world.

[yourmusicguru]

It’s always interesting to see how similar British cuisine is to southern cuisine. This dish would feel right at home on any dinner table in the south.

[suekeller]

I'm with you on the rhubarb crumble, and so is my family. I grow my own rhubarb. I moved recently and had to leave several gigantic rhubarb plants behind. I was very sad, but will be putting in more in my new garden. And I will surely try this blackberry concoction!

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[kathyhester]

One of my Mom's cookbooks also gave histories for many recipes. I recall one for a crumble that was from a cookbook from the late 1700's. So it has been around for awhile along w/Brown Betty, Pan Dowdy, & several others (at least in the USA).

[candied.crabapples]

I really like the little nuggets of crumble mixed in too, Darren! 😋

[lindab]

My grandmother made the the best rhubarb crumble I ever tasted she grew it in her garden, and she always made it for me, I can’t make it taste as good as hers it’s one of my strongest memories of her . Miss her watching from Buckinghamshire 🇬🇧

[maryabreu]

It was great to join you in sampling my delicious Apple & Blackberry Crumble with Custard as you were sampling yours at the same time! I imagine yours was as delicious as mine! X