Saturday 10 December 2011

Pear and Chocolate Crumble

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All of a sudden it got really cold and all I want to do is hibernate underneath my duvet with stews and hot puddings and what is easier to make than a buttery crumble with sticky caramelised fruit and some chocolate chunks thrown in for good measure.
I used apple as well as pears in my crumble just for a bit of different texture and flavour.

Pears
Apples
Plain flour
Butter
Chocolate chunks dark or milk
Rolled oats
Muscadova sugar
Lemon juice


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To make my crumble topping I used plain flour, butter, oats, muscadova sugar and chunks of milk chocolate.


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I would never normally cook my fruit before putting it in the oven but sometimes pears need a little help or they can turn out quite hard so I fried them off in butter and muscadova sugar while covering the apples in lemon juice and a bit of sugar and left un-cooked.

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I baked it in the oven for around 20-25Min's, some of the chocolate chunks on top got slightly burnt at the edges but still tasted lovely.

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I just dollop some extra thick cream on the side but it would be lovely custard or vanilla ice cream, I love the combination of hot and cold.

7 comments:

  1. This looks perfect for autumn and winter. Love the addition of oats and chocolate in your crumble. Yum!

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  2. Mmmmm love the caramelised pears. Yummy!

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  3. Hearty food is the way forward in this weather. I like meaty things and pies :)

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  4. Straight back at you with the #foodbloggersunplugged - all good. Thank you, I've been a diva for days! x

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  5. This is very nice, I love the pears here.

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  6. Hello Rose!!! wow this crumble looks yummy!!!!! with the extra thick cream it must be irresistible!!!! well done!!!!
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