A favourite autumn recipe from Sophie Grigson. Adjust the levels of sugar to your taste. Serve hot or cold with clotted cream, creme fraiche, yogurt or scoops of vanilla ice cream.
Another seasonal recipe from Nigel Slater’s ” Tender Volume 2″. A betty is a crumble made by pouring melted butter and syrup over a mixture of sugar and breadcrumbs.
A glorious pudding for summer or autumn from Nigella Lawson’s ” Nigella Express”. If you don’t have enough blackberries you could substitute half the blackberries with chopped pears or apples. It is best served with thick cream or ice cream.
The blackberries have come early this year and the harvest is good. I am already picking my third batch from my allotment patch and the Blackberry and Apple Gin is coming on quite nicely. Here is another slightly boozy way with them from Sophie Grigson’s ” Country Kitchen”.
A fruity variation of burnt cream from Sybil Kapoor’s ” Simply British”. In this version the top is not caramalized but if you like you can sprinkle with demerara sugar and set under a very hot grill .
This is another recipe from Sarah Raven . You can replace the gin with vodka if wished, or if you have plenty of blackberries why not make one of each and give some away in 250 ml bottles as presents,
