Blackberry, Pear & Pine Nut Crumble
This might just be the perfect dessert for the colder months. Who doesn’t love a crumble?
Ingredients · Servings 6
- 8 Pear
- 100g Light Brown Sugar
- 275g Blackberry
- 60g Pine Nuts
- 110g Unsalted Butter
- 110g Oats
- 110g Plain Flour
- 110g Dark Brown Sugar
- 1Pinch Sea Salt
- Custard
- Vanilla Ice Cream
Method · 50 min
- Heat the oven to 180°C fan and line a baking tray with baking paper. Ensure your butter is very cold. Cut the cold butter into cubes.
- To make the oaty crumble topping, put all the ingredients and a pinch of sea salt into a bowl and rub together with your fingers to form breadcrumbs. Spread the mixture on the lined baking tray and put into the freezer for 10 mins (this will firm up the butter that you’ve softened with your hands). Remove and set aside.
- Meanwhile, core, peel and slice the pears lengthways into 1.5cm thick slices. Add the sliced pears and the sugar to a heavy-bottomed pan and cook gently over a medium heat until the fruit begins to soften and starts releasing its juice – approximately 7 mins, depending on the ripeness of your fruit. Add the blackberries and bring to the boil. Spoon into a 30 x 20cm pie dish.
- Allow the fruit to cool just slightly, then sprinkle the oaty crumble mix evenly over the top of the fruit (break up the crumble with your hands if necessary). Then scatter over the pine nuts.
- Bake for 20-25 mins, or until the pine nuts are starting to turn a light golden brown. Serve hot with custard, ice cream, double cream or yoghurt.
