Pear and Chocolate Crumble
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 4 pears, peeled, cored and cubed
- Grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 25g / 1oz golden caster sugar
- 50g / 2 oz Plain Chocolate with Ginger, roughly chopped
For the crumble:
- 75g /3 oz butter, chilled and diced
- 100g / 4 oz plain flour
- 25g / 1 oz Roasted Chopped Hazelnuts
- 25g/ 1 oz Porridge Oats
- 60g 2 ½ oz demerara sugar
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4. Place the pears, lemon zest and juice, sugar, and 25ml of water in a large pan and heat gently for 10 minutes or so until the pears are tender.
- Meanwhile, rub the butter into the flour until it resembles breadcrumbs. Stir through the hazelnuts, oats and sugar.
- Spoon the pear with a little juice into an ovenproof dish. Scatter over the chocolate, then the crumble mixture, and place on a baking sheet.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden. Meanwhile, return the remaining pear juice to the heat, bring to the boil and reduce by half. Serve the crumble warm with ice cream, or chill and serve with extra thick cream and the reduced pear juice.
Hazel Ryder