The Ultimate Berry Crumble Recipes

THE ULTIMATE BERRY CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and sugar in a bowl. Whisk until thoroughly combined.
• Dice butter and toss with flour mixture. Mix with hands to make crumbly texture.
• Drizzle in vanilla and add egg yolks. Stir with a fork until egg is mostly absorbed.
• Add vinegar and use hands to finish mixing, squeezing until it clumps but is mostly dry. You can add a little more vinegar, as needed.
• Combine fruit in a separate bowl.
• Add lemon zest, lemon juice, sugar, and cornstarch.
• Sprinkle in cayenne pepper. Mix until sugar and cornstarch are dissolved.
• Place 1/2 of the crumble mixture into the bottom of a 2-quart baking dish. Press down using a flat cup bottom or rubber spatula until crumble crust is well-compacted. Spread the fruit over the crust.
• Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 of crumble mixture on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, until the top is browned and berry syrup bubbles up.
• Let cool and serve.

THE ULTIMATE BERRY CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Combine flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar in a bowl. Whisk until thoroughly combined. Grate in the frozen butter, stopping occasionally to toss the butter into the flour mixture until coated. Drizzle in vanilla extract; add egg yolks. Stir with a fork until egg is mostly absorbed. Add vinegar; mix briefly. Use your hands to finish mixing, squeezing until clumps but mixture remains mostly dry. Add 1 teaspoon vinegar if needed.
• Combine blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries in another bowl. Add lemon zest, lemon juice, sugar, and cornstarch. Sprinkle in cayenne pepper. Mix until sugar and cornstarch are mostly dissolved.
• Place about 1/2 of the crumble mixture into the bottom of a 2-quart baking dish. Press mixture down using a flat cup until well compacted. Spread the berries over the crust. Sprinkle the remaining crumble mixture on top, squeezing some of it into clumps.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is beautifully browned and berry syrup bubbles on the surface, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes.