For the tart, preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas ... one glazed piece and one bottom piece for each sheet. Spoon the blackberry and apple mixture onto one layer of pastry, then pipe the cream ...

No autumn day is complete without an apple and blackberry crumble to finish it off ... They are, happily, ready to harvest at the same time as the blackberries that ramble around the nearby hedgerows ...

I looked forward to the rather claggy apple and blackberry crumble, chasing bits of delicious tart apple round the bowl, and chunks of cheddar sweating in their plastic coats. I could never have p ...