Spiced plum & blackberry crumble

Ingredients

• 140 g flour plain
• 140 g butter cut into small dice
• 85 g brown sugar soft
• 50 g oatmeal 
• 6 servings custard sauce 
• 1 kg plums ripe halved ( 14)
• 1 tbsp brown sugar soft
• 1 tbsp flour plain
• 2  star anise 
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon 
• 1 tsp vanilla extract 
• 0.5  juice of lemon 
• 300 g blackberries 

Equipment

• food processor
• bowl
• oven
• aluminum foil

Directions

1. First, make the crumble topping.
2. Put the flour and butter in a food processor and pulse to the texture of wet sand. Tip into a bowl and add the sugar and oats.
3. Sprinkle the mixture with 2 tbsp cold water, then use a fork to mix everything together, creating a crumbly texture with a few large clumps. Chill until needed.
4. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas
5. Tip all the fruit ingredients, except the blackberries, into a large ovenproof dish.
6. Add 50ml water, cover with foil and bake for 1 hr.
7. Remove the foil and discard star anise.
8. Add the blackberries to the dish, sprinkle over the crumble mixture and return to the oven for a further 25-30 mins until the top is golden.
9. Serve hot with custard.