I have bought some pears last week and they seemed to have ripened overnight. So what to do??? One of my favorite combinations is pears and raspberries, and since I always have some of those sitting in the freezer, I thought a crumble it is. It is also a good opportunity to use up some white chocolate I have had in my storing cupboard since I made these white chocolate cookies.
I can't give exact measurements on this crumble, as I kind of make it just with rough judging.
I still try my best and tell you what I used:
For the crumble mixture:
- 2 tbsp of ground almonds
- 2 tbsp of oats (I used my porridge oats)
- 2 heaped tbsp of flour
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- roughly 100 g cold cubed butter
- pinch of salt
- 3 ripe but not over pears
- a large handful of frozen raspberries
- 20 g grated white chocolate
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- optional: 1 tbsp caster sugar
- first heat the oven to 175 °C (no fan)
- then make the crumble mixture: mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl together
- then, with you hands, rub the diced cold butter in there until you get a crumbly texture
- if too dry, add more butter, if too wet, add more flour
- then onto the fruit: peel and core the pears and cut into small pieces
- in a bowl mix with the lemon juice and the flour
- if your pears are rather sour, you can add some sugar here, I prefer however not to do that
- fill your pear mixture into the bottom of an oven proof dish
- top with a layer of frozen raspberries, then sprinkle with white chocolate (any chocolate will do)
- now evenly distribute your crumble mix, make sure to cover the fruit to the rim of the dish
- put in the oven and bake for 45 mins or until the top is golden brown and the fruit is bubbling
- and now serve up straight from the oven
- add some cream, ice cream, or vanilla sauce
Have a lovely week everybody!
