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Easy Quick Recipes - Pear, Roast Almond and Cinnamon Crumble

This is a wonderful recipe for children to enjoy making with you. There are lots of things that they can do. It is a simple recipe that is easy to make, but is delicious. Make it with fresh pears or other fruits in season. The fruit should be ripe and just starting to soften.

Ingredients

For the Pear Filling

• 1 tablespoon of plain general purpose flour
• 30-50g (1-2 oz) sugar (more or less depending on preferences)
• 6-8 ripe pears, just starting to soften. Peel the pears, remove the cores and slice into large pieces.

For the Crumble topping

• Pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 150g (5oz) plain flour
• 80g (3oz) caster sugar
• 80g (3oz) cold unsalted butter
• 60g (2oz) toasted sliced almonds

Method

Preheat the oven to 355 degrees F (180 degrees C).

Spread the sliced almonds out on a tray and toast under the griller or in the over until golden in color.

Place the pear pieces, sugar and flour into a broad oven-proof dish and mix with a wooden spoon.

Add the roasted almonds, sugar, flour, salt and cinnamon to a medium size mixing bowl. Slice the cold butter into small cubes and add the to bowl. Work the butter into the dry ingredients, using your fingertips. Keep working until the mixture is crumbly, and has the consistency of breadcrumbs. Spread half the crumble topping mix over the pears and push down firmly. Then add the other half leaving the second layer a little looser then time.

Scatter the crumble topping over the pears in two layers – pushing the first down slightly into the pears and leaving the second a bit looser.

Bake the crumble for about 35–45 minutes, until the top is golden and crisp and the filling has started to bubble.

Serve warm with whipped cream, yogurt or ice cream.

Fresh pear crumble is quick and easy to make. Kids can help and it is delicious

Source: Ewan Munro [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Fresh fruit crumble is easy to make. You can combine apples and pears with berries

Source: Goddards Pies Ltd (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons