Blackberry Crumble Bars
Seasonal blackberry bake with jammy berries.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 35 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 500 g /3 1/2 cup fresh or frozen blackberries
- 250 g /2 cups plain all purpose flour
- 150 g /1 1/4 cup icing sugar
- 125 g /1/2 cup unsalted butter (cold)
- pinch of salt
- 2 egg yolks
- 50 g /1/2 cup plain all purpose flour
- 50 g /1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 30 g /1/4 cup icing sugar
- 100 g / 1/2 cup marzipan (grated)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Line a 9 inX13 (or 9inX9in) in pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- 2
Put all the ingredients for the pastry in a food processor and pulse until well blended. Alternatively you can mix the pastry with fork. Tip the rough pastry/crumbs into the lined pan and press firmly with the back of a spoon to form the base. Prick with a fork and bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes.
- 3
Meanwhile prepare the crumb topping by pulsing the ingredients in a food processor until butter is evenly distributed and the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- 4
Grate the marzipan, it's easier to do if it's slightly chilled.
- 5
Take the pan with the base out of the oven, spread the blackberries (no need to defrost them if using frozen), then sprinkle with grated marzipan and the crumb topping.
- 6
Bake for 20 minutes until golden. Let it cool in the pan, then cut into bars.