A luscious combination of blackberries, cream and crumble.
Ingredients
- for the fool:
- 500 g blackberries
- 100 g caster sugar
- 500 ml double cream
- for the creme patisserie:
- 6 egg yolks
- 140 g caster sugar
- 500 ml whole milk
- 4 level tablespoons cornflour
- 1 vanilla pod (split)
- for the crumble:
- 110 g plain flour
- 110 g brown sugar
- 80 g unsalted butter
- 55 g porridge oats
Method
- Wash blackberries and place in a saucepan with the sugar and cook on a medium heat for 5 minutes until the blackberries start to release their juice.
- Allow to cool slightly and liquidise and then sieve. Allow to cool completely.
- To make the Crème patisserie:
- In a small bowl whisk egg yolks, sugar and cornflour.
- Split vanilla pod and scrap out the seeds and place the pod in a saucepan with the milk and bring to the boil.
- Pour the hot milk onto the egg yolks, whisk gently and pour back into a clean saucepan and bring to the boil over a high heat.
- Stir with a wooden spoon until the mixture begins to thicken and then whisk constantly for one minute.
- Remove from the heat, and pour into a clean bowl and cover with cling film.
- Allow to cool completely
- To make the crumble:
- In a large bowl, sieve flour. Add sugar and mix.
- Cut butter into cubes and with the tips of your fingers, rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add the Porridge oats and spread on a baking tray and bake for 20 mins at 180°C.
- After the first 10 mins in the oven, stir to allow even cooking.
- Remove from the oven after 20 minutes and allow to cool completely
- Putting it all together:
- Whip cream until thick.
- Gently fold half the crème patisserie into the cream.
- Then fold in half of the pureed blackberries.
- In a tall glass, spoon in 1 tablespoon of the remaining puree on the bottom.
- Then on top of the blackberries place 1 tablespoon of crème patisserie.
- The add 3 tablespoons of the fool mixture on top and sprinkle with a little of the crumble mix.
- Repeat the above steps until you reach the top of the glass.
