Spicy pear crumble

Serves:

Ingredients

• 5 ripe pears
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 1½ tsp cornflour
• 2 tbsp brown sugar

• 1/3 cup wholemeal flour
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 6 ginger biscuits
• pinch of cinnamon
• 50g butter, melted

Method

Heat oven to 190°C (170°C fan-forced).

Peel pears, cut in half, remove cores and dice.

Combine lemon juice, vanilla extract, cornflour and sugar with pears in a bowl.

Pulse dry topping ingredients in a food processor until finely chopped. Add melted butter and pulse once more.

Pour pears into a baking dish. Top with crumble mixture and bake for approx 20 minutes, until crispy.

Serve with ice-cream.

More crumble recipes

• Apple and blackberry crumble
• Apple, mango and almond crumble
• Nectarine crumble
• Peach crumble slice
• Pear and berry crumble
• Jammy granola clusters

Serving Suggestions

Note

• The cornflour will thicken up the pear juices as the crumble cooks.
• Plain yoghurt is also a great accompaniment with this dessert.
• This recipe was created by Alana House for Kidspot, New Zealand’s best recipe finder.