Berry and apple crumble with marzipan

Name: Berry and apple crumble with marzipan
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: British recipes
Ingredients: 500g frozen berry mix, defrosted completely; 4 eating apples (such as braeburn), peeled, cored and chopped into chunks; 3 tbsp golden caster sugar (see tip); For the crumble; 300g plain flour; 50g golden caster sugar; 175g unsalted butter; 100g marzipan, crumbled; 75g blanched almonds, roughly chopped; Custard or double cream to serve

Published: 31 Aug 14
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Test kitchen approved

Our shortcut crumble recipe is made with frozen berries and shop-bought marzipan to cut the prep time. No stress, no faff – just a great dessert made with little effort. But you don’t have to tell anyone that…

We’ve got lots more comforting recipes like this one, take a look at our crumble recipes.

Serves 8
Hands-on time 20 min, oven time 45-50 min, plus standing

Visit deliciousmagazine.co.uk to save recipe

Ingredients

500g frozen berry mix, defrosted completely
4 eating apples (such as braeburn), peeled, cored and chopped into chunks
3 tbsp golden caster sugar (see tip)

For the crumble

300g plain flour
50g golden caster sugar
175g unsalted butter
100g marzipan, crumbled
75g blanched almonds, roughly chopped
Custard or double cream to serve

Method

Heat the oven to 180°C/fan160°C/ gas 4. Fill a 1.5 litre ovenproof dish with the prepared fruit and apples. Scatter over the sugar.
For the crumble, put the flour and sugar in a mixing bowl and add a pinch of salt. Melt the butter in a microwave or saucepan and pour over the flour mix, then stir with a spoon to form little biscuity lumps of mixture. Stir in the marzipan and almonds, then scatter the mixture over the fruit in the dish.
Bake in the top of the oven for 45-50 minutes until the top is golden and smells biscuity and the fruit bubbles through. Stand for 5 minutes, then serve with custard or cream.

Recipe from September 2014 Issue

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 496kcals
Fat: 25.5g (12g saturated)
Protein: 7.3g
Carbohydrates: 60.3g (32.9g sugars)
Fibre: 5.2g
Salt: 0.4g

delicious. tips

The amount of sugar in the filling will give you fruit that’s still refreshingly tart, but if you like it sweeter increase the quantity by a tablespoon or two.

Fancy getting a copy in print?

Subscribe to our magazine

Berry and apple crumble with marzipan

Ingredients

Method

Nutrition

delicious. tips

Rhubarb and amaretti crumble

Apple and blackberry frangipane crumble

Rhubarb and caramelised hazelnut crumbles

More to discover

Berry and apple crumble with marzipan

Ingredients

Method

Nutrition

delicious. tips

Or, how about...?

Rhubarb and amaretti crumble

Apple and blackberry frangipane crumble

Rhubarb and caramelised hazelnut crumbles

More to discover