Spiced plum & blackberry crumble

Ingredients

• 140g plain flour
• 140g butter
  
  , cut into small dice
• 85g soft brown sugar
• 50g porridge oat
• custard, to serve

For the fruit

• 1kg ripe plum
  
   (about 14), halved and stoned
• 1 tbsp soft brown sugar
• 1 tbsp plain flour
• 2 star anise
  
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• juice ½ lemon
  
• 300g blackberry

  Method

  1. First, make the crumble topping. Put the flour and butter in a food processor and pulse to the texture of wet sand. Tip into a bowl and add the sugar and oats. Sprinkle the mixture with 2 tbsp cold water, then use a fork to mix everything together, creating a crumbly texture with a few large clumps. Chill until needed.
  2. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Tip all the fruit ingredients, except the blackberries, into a large ovenproof dish. Add 50ml water, cover with foil and bake for 1 hr. Remove the foil and discard star anise. Add the blackberries to the dish, sprinkle over the crumble mixture and return to the oven for a further 25-30 mins until the top is golden. Serve hot with custard.
  3. Source: bbcgoodfood.com