Pear Crumble

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.

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Pear Crumble

 

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Prep time

20 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

40 mins

 

Pear Crumble is a delicious family autumn dessert. Made with juicy pears poached in maple syrup and cinnamon, and topped with crunchy oat crumble.

Author: Lisa, A Spoonful of Sugar

Recipe type: Dessert

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 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

Instructions

1. 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.
2. Divide pears into 4 ramekins.
3. 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.
4. Place ramekins in preheated moderate over for 15-20 minutes or until crumble is cooked and golden.
5. Serve warm with custard.

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If you enjoyed this recipe, check out our Pear Streusel Muffins and our Apple Crumble Slice.