Blackberry-Apple Cornmeal Crumble

March 08, 2013

Crumbles are similar to fruit crisps; they’re filled with delicious, hot fruit filling and topped with a crunchy topping. These crumbles have the tart/sweet fruit combo of blackberries and apples, and they’re topped with a crisp, sweet, cornmeal and almond crumble topping. Please don’t be scared off by the cornmeal in the topping; it isn’t going to taste like there’s cornbread on top of your fruit. I use fine-ground cornmeal, so it just gives the topping a little extra oomph without making it gr

1/2 c. fine-ground yellow cornmeal

1/2 c. whole-wheat flour

1/4 c. all-purpose flour

1/2 c. packed brown sugar

1/4 c. finely chopped almonds

6 T. butter, cold

Filling
4 c. blackberries

2 c. diced apple (peeled and cored)

1/3 – 1/2 c. granulated sugar, depending desired level of sweetness and sweetness of fruit

2 T. all-purpose flour

2 tsp. fresh lemon juice

1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg

Preheat the oven to 375 F. Grease 10 ramekins and set slightly apart on a rimmed baking sheet (my baking sheet is pretty rough; it gets a lot of use). To make the topping, whisk cornmeal, flours, brown...
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Nutritions

Calories
435

Sodium
147mg
6% DV

Fat
9g
14% DV

Protein
6g
13% DV

Carbs
84g
28% DV

Fiber
10g
40% DV