Pears are in season, plentiful and cheap at the moment. Now that autumn is here, we are starting to enjoy more warming meals. I haven’t baked a dessert for ages – in summer we generally just have fresh fruit and ice-creams. It was lovely to prepare some pear crumbles to have following our Lamb Roast. I baked them in individual ramekins and we enjoyed them with some creamy vanilla custard. A delicious home style dessert.
For this crumble recipe, the pears were firstly poached in maple syrup until just tender. The crumble is a mix of rolled oats and flour which give it a nice crunchy texture – a bit like an Anzac biscuit. This recipe also works well with apples, or a combination of apples and pears.
- 4 pears, peeled and sliced
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 cup rolled oats
- ⅓ cup plain (all purpose) flour
- ¼ cup sugar
- 80 g (1/3 cup) butter, chopped
- Place pears, cinnamon, maple syrup, water, and 1 tablespoon sugar in a saucepan. Bring to boil, then simmer covered for approximately 5-8 minutes until pears are softened.
- Divide pears into 4 ramekins.
- To make crumble, mix oats, flour and sugar in a bowl. Add chopped butter and rub in with your fingertips until it resembles a crumble. Cover each ramekin with a few tablespoons of crumble mixture.
- Place ramekins in preheated moderate over for 15-20 minutes or until crumble is cooked and golden.
- Serve warm with custard.
If you enjoyed this recipe, check out our Pear Streusel Muffins and our Apple Crumble Slice.
Hey 🙂 What could I replace the syup with?
Thanks so much for sharing and for the scrumptious looking pics that really make one wanna get working! 😉
Thanks Mel. You could poach the pears in water or apple juice. They just need to be poached so that the pear is softened and juicy before adding the crumble topping.
Can’t believe I didn’t reply before!! Thanks for the answer haha I made it and it was great… so I’m making it again. Can’t believe it’s been almost three years already!!! O_O Time really does fly 😛 Btw, if I remember correctly I used apple juice as you suggested.