Chocolate and pear crumble from Anon

dairy free egg free kids can help can make in advance ok to freeze vegetarian
Category
Cake and dessert recipes
Serves6
Prep time 20 mins
Cook time40 mins

Mumsnetter ratings

based on (2) reviews
Ease of finding ingredients 8
Ease of cooking9
Success with kids10
Success with adults10
Overall Mark 9

Ingredients

00g plain flour plus 1 extra tbsp
50g cocoa
100g ground almonds
100g golden caster plus 2 extra tbsp (ordinary will be ok too)
175g butter chilled and diced
50g dark choc chips (or bash up / cut up a choccie bar)
1kg of pears - firm are better

Method

Method;
100g flour, 100g sugar & butter and rub in - by hand or by processor works ok. Will be quite chunky as there's quite a bit of fat there! Fold in the choccy chips.

Peel, core & qtr pears and put into a suitable size dish (about 2 litre). If youy have it squeeze a bit of lemon / use some from a bottle and mix in with pears - stops them browning. Then toss pears with the 1 tbsp flour and 2 tbsp of sugar.

Scatter crumble mix over and bake in oven about 180c with a fan / gas 6 for 35 mins approx - maybe a little more. Top should be quite crisp but not burnt! Leave to cool for at least 15 mins - the difficult bit!

Mumsnetter Reviews

From: SexyDomesticatedDab on Wed 28-Sep-11 15:00:00 Overall rating: 9.2
From: Anon on Wed 28-Sep-11 14:59:21 Overall rating: 0.0
Original recipe (in a You mag) I saw served with chocolate custard but seemed best with vanilla ice cream. Disappears (get it) quite quickly!!



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