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Blackberry Fool

Blackberry Fool used to be one of my favourite treats towards the end of the Summer Holidays.  We would have been out with a picnic to go blackberry picking and have returned home with lots of blackberries.  Some would be frozen, ready to be used in crumbles later in the year.  Some would be held in the fridge ready to make jam the next day.   But a few, a precious few, would be magicked into a fool for that night’s supper.   Bliss.
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Blackberry and Apple Almond Crumble

Blackberry and Apple Almond Crumble is surely one of the best puddings going!   Early in the season when the blackberries are at their plumpest is the time to pick, cook, pickle, freeze as many as you can.   These are the heady days of foraging and harvesting from the garden when you just want to make the most of everything and prepare for the colder and leaner months ahead.    But that doesn’t mean you don’t deserve a treat and to miss out now – and this comforting, homely crumble is just that, taken to a whole new level with the addition of almonds to the crumble.
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