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Seasonal Recipes for September:
1.  Cobnut, Avocado and Pepper Salad
2.  Plum Blackberry and Sloe Gin Crumble
3.  Plum Dump
4.  Bramley Apple and Onion Pickle
5.  Stinking Bishop and Pear Tartlets
6.  Apple Harvest Pudding

Plum, Blackberry and Sloe Gin Crumble

Ingredients: Serves 6

  Plums and sloes650g plums, halved and stoned
  450g blackberries (preferably wild)
  110-115g caster sugar
  1 tbsp sloe gin or crème de mure

For the crumble:

  220g plain flourWild Blackberries
  Pinch salt
  110g Caster sugar
  170g chilled unsalted butter, diced
  45g flaked almonds

Method:

  1. Begin by making the crumble mixture.  Mix the flour, salt and caster sugar in a bowl and add the butter.
  2. Rub in, using the tips of your fingers, until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs.  Chill until needed.
  3. Pre-heat oven to 180°C (160°C fan oven), gas mark 4.
  4. Mix the plums with the blackberries, caster sugar and alcohol, in a pie dish.  Smooth down lightly.
  5. Scatter the crumble thickly over the surface of the fruit, without pressing it down.  Sprinkle the flaked almonds over the top.
  6. Bake for 35-40 minutes until golden brown, with the purple juices bubbling up around the edges.  Serve hot or warm with custard, cream or vanilla ice cream.