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Blackberry and apple cobbler...

As the blackberry bush is now full to the brim, get yourself out and fill your boots, and bowls and any other container you see fit, one of  tastiest free delights from our hedgerows...happy picking! 

Ingredients 

Serves: 6 

• For the fruit
• 700g blackberries
• 700g cooking apples (or use dessert apples and reduce the amount of sugar to about 4 tbsp)
• 6 tbsp sugar
• 5 tbsp plain flour
• 1 tbsp melted butter

• For the topping
• 150g plain flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 60g butter
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 120ml buttermilk (or fresh milk with 1/2 a tbsp lemon juice)

Method
Prep:30min  ›  Cook:40min  ›  Ready in:1hr10min 

1. Peel, core and roughly chop the apples and mix with the blackberries, sugar, melted butter and flour. Place in a 22x33cm ovenproof dish.
2. For topping, sift flour and baking powder together. Rub in butter until mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs. Stir in sugar and buttermilk.
3. Drop spoonfuls of the topping mixture on to the fruit; it doesn't have to be completely covered.
4. Bake at 190 C / Gas 5 for about 30-40 minutes or until fruit is soft and topping is risen and golden.