Strawberry and blueberry crumble

Serves: 4

Prep: 15 minutes

Cook: 20-25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon cornflour

  • Juice of 1 medium orange

  • 450g (1lb) strawberries, hulled, halved or quartered depending on size

  • 200g (7oz) blueberries 

  • 40g (11/2oz) caster sugar

Crumble topping

  • 100g (4oz) plain flour

  • 40g (11/2oz) caster sugar

  • 50g (2oz) butter, diced

  • 75g (3oz) marzipan, coarsely grated

  • Finely grated rind ½ orange

  • Vanilla ice cream to serve

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180oC (350oF), Gas Mark 4. Mix the cornflour and orange juice together in the base of a medium saucepan. Add the strawberries, blueberries and sugar to the pan then cook over a medium to low heat for 4-5 minutes, stirring until the berries begin to soften slightly. Spoon into 4 x 250ml (8fl oz) individual ovenproof dishes. 

  2. To make the crumble add the flour, sugar and butter to a mixing bowl and rub in the butter with fingertips or an electric mixer until fine crumbs. Stir in the marzipan and orange rind.

  3. Spoon the crumble over the fruit and bake for 20-25 minutes until the crumble is golden brown and the juices are bubbling around the edges.  Serve with scoops of vanilla ice cream.

Cook’s tip

Don’t have any individual ovenproof dishes? Make the crumble in one large dish instead and cook for 30-35 minutes until golden. Keep an eye on the crumble as the marzipan can brown quickly, so loosely cover the top with foil if needed.

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