At a glance
Toss fresh or frozen marionberries with sugar, lemon and cornstarch, then bake under a butter-and-oat topping until the fruit bubbles in the center. Serve six bowls with vanilla cream and finish one bowl with optional measured edible oil if desired.
Oregon Marionberry Crisp with Vanilla Cream
Ingredients & directions
Marionberries, oat crumble and vanilla cream
Ingredients
Berry filling
Oat topping
Vanilla cream
Use an 8-inch square baking dish and set it on a rimmed sheet. Frozen unsweetened marionberries can go into the filling straight from the freezer.
Directions
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Coat the berries
Heat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Stir the granulated sugar, cornstarch and salt together first, then toss with the marionberries and lemon juice until evenly coated. Spread in the baking dish.
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Rub in cold butter
Mix the oats, flour, brown sugar and salt. Rub the cold butter through the dry mixture until you have rough crumbs and some pea-sized clumps. Scatter evenly over the fruit.
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Bake until the middle bubbles
Bake 35 to 45 minutes, or until the topping is golden and thick berry juice bubbles through near the center. Frozen berries may take 5 to 10 minutes longer. Tent loosely with foil if the oats brown too early. Rest 20 minutes so the juices set.
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Spoon over the vanilla cream
Whisk the cream, sugar and vanilla just until the whisk leaves soft trails. Spoon the crisp into 6 bowls. If using the optional finish, stir the individually measured oil into the cream for one bowl in a separate cup, then spoon it onto that bowl only.
Storage Refrigerate the plain crisp within 2 hours and use within 3 days. Keep the cream chilled separately. Warm the crisp uncovered in a 325°F (165°C) oven to bring back some crunch.
Kitchen notes
Get a jammy filling under a crisp top
What is a marionberry?
Marion is a trailing blackberry cultivar grown in Oregon. It has fragrant fruit and small seeds. Unsweetened frozen berries work well when the fresh season is over.
Can I substitute blackberries?
Yes. Use the same amount of fresh or frozen blackberries. If they’re especially sweet, taste one before deciding whether to use all the sugar.
Why did the filling turn watery?
Give the fruit enough time to bubble in the middle. Then let it rest before scooping. The starch needs both the heat and the cooling time to thicken the juice.
Use the product label
Estimate THC in a portion
Measure the edible oil that goes into the vanilla cream for one bowl. Use the same unit for the label amount and the amount used.
The result estimates the THC added to that portion from the product label. Keep infused portions labeled and secured.
THC in one portion = label THC (mg) × amount used ÷ label amount.
A label listing 10 mg THC per 5 mL gives an estimated 2 mg THC for one bowl if you use 1 mL.
Use a labeled edible product for a consenting legal-age adult where permitted. If you are new to edibles, Health Canada suggests choosing 2.5 mg THC or less. Full effects can take up to 4 hours. Keep infused servings separate, labeled and locked away from children and pets.