When we saw this recipe in the Maine Farm Table Cookbook, we knew we had to try it, and share it with you.
This recipe calls for “cooking apples,” also known as culinary apples, which are apple varieties used primarily for cooking (as opposed to snacking, or “dessert” apples) because they are more tart and have a firmer flesh that does not break down easily when cooked.
This crumble is perfect for late summer when blackberries ripen just as the early apple varieties start appearing in local orchards. Here in Maine, early varieties include Lodi and the rare Gravenstein, known as the “end of summer cooking apple.” But you can use any firm, tart apple (such as Granny Smith) for this recipe.
What’s the difference between a crumble and a crisp?
Apple and Blackberry Crumble Recipe
Apple And Blackberry Crumble Recipe
Excerpted from The Maine Farm Table Cookbook: 125 Home-Grown Recipes from the Pine Tree State. Copyright © 2021 Kate Shaffer. Photography © 2021 Derek Bissonnette. Reproduced by permission of The Countryman Press, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company. All rights reserved.
