PEAR & BLACKBERRY CRUMBLE
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: British
Serves: 6 people
Ingredients
  • 1,5 cup flour (210 gr) or ¾ cup flour ¾ cup oats
  • ¾ cup brown sugar (150 gr)
  • ¾ cup ground hazelnuts (75 gr)
  • ¾ cup butter (170 gr) cut into cubes & chilled
  • ¼ tsp salt
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  • FRUIT
  • 4 large pears
  • 2 handfuls of blackberries
  • 3 Tbs sugar
  • 2 Tbs lemon juice
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp corn starch
Instructions
  1. In a bowl stir together the flour, salt and butter. Mash the butter using a fork until you have pea sized pieces. You can also do this in a food processor.
  2. Add the brown sugar and ground hazelnuts, mix to combine. Place in the fridge until needed.
  3. Peel and core the pears, cut into cubes.
  4. Mix the pears in a bowl with blackberries, sugar, lemon juice, van. extract and the starch.
  5. Spread evenly in a baking dish.
  6. Sprinkle the fruit with the crumb topping and make an even layer of about ½ an inch without pressing down.
  7. Bake at 190 C (375 F) for about 30 mins. until golden on top.
  8. Rest for 15-20 minutes and serve with vanilla ice cream.
Notes
The crumb topping will keep in the fridge, well wrapped, for 3 days and up to 2 months in the freezer.

You can use fresh or frozen fruits.

You can flavour the fruits with some citrus juice or a liquor of your choice.
Adapted from Canadian Living.
Recipe by HatiBon English at https://www.hatibon.com/blog/2016/10/pear-blackberry-crumble/