Caramelize the sugar and water before adding in the pecans. Immediately pour it onto heat and transfer it to parchment paper. Set it into the freezer for 10 minutes.
It took an additional 10 minutes making the pralines, but worth it if you want something a little special. You can still have a wonderful homemade blackberry crisp and just leave out the praline mixture.
What to do with the juice when you have cooked the berries?When you cook the berries, depending on how juicy they are, you might have a lot of juice in the pan. You can include it in the crumble but I generally leave about half of it in the pan so that the crisp is a little more formed. If you don’t mind eating it out of a bowl, include all the juices.