Apple, pear & walnut crumble
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Apple, pear & walnut crumble

Gary Rhodes's traditional fruit and nut pudding can be oven baked in an hour for a warming family treat

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4 - 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 - 35 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 - 25 mins

Method

  1. Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Put the chopped apples, lemon zest, rosemary, if using, and sugar in a saucepan. Add the lemon juice and cook for 3-4 mins. Tip in the pears and cook 2-3 mins more, until the fruits are just beginning to soften. Spoon the fruits and juices into a 1.7 litre pudding dish and flatten slightly.
  2. For the crumble, finely chop half the walnuts in a food processor until reduced to the consistency of ground almonds. Add the flour, butter and sugar and continue to blitz to a coarse or fine crumble mix, whichever you prefer.
  3. Roughly break the remaining walnuts with your fingers and stir into the crumble. Scatter the crumble mix on top of the fruits and bake for 20-25 mins until golden brown. Serve warm with cream or custard.

PER SERVING

686 kcalories, protein 10g, carbohydrate 86g, fat 36 g, saturated fat 13g, fibre 10g, sugar 30g, salt 0.36 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2006.

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  • 22 January 2008

    Kazza rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very tasty crumble,I didn't have any pears so I used blackberries instead.Will definitely make again.

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  • 23 January 2008

    hcha6434 commented on this recipe

    Very good and easy. Added hazelnuts to the ingredients which gave especially the crumble topping a very nice flavour. Next time I'd like to try it without the pears though.

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  • 25 January 2008

    stefania commented on this recipe

    delicious. will try it with hazelnuts next time

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  • 20 March 2008

    adebusola rated this recipe

    4 stars

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  • 21 September 2008

    stevemac rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    absolutely scrumptious! My variation was to swap out the walnuts and use dried cranberries - the family loved it.

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  • 21 September 2008

    busymummy rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Lovely

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  • 08 October 2008

    goodgrub commented on this recipe

    what a great recipe. I live in Bulgaria and have apple, pear and walnut trees in my garden so imagine how fresh this dish was. Thankyou

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  • 16 November 2008

    Alina commented on this recipe

    Just great! So easy to make and so delicious! I used chopped almonds instead of walnuts and it was as good. Also, if you do not have pears, use apples instead, i tried both with pears and without. Really good!

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  • 30 January 2009

    CockeyedKenny commented on this recipe

    A truly wonderful recipe. Had to make a couple of amendments though. I didn't have any apples or pears, so I cleverly substituted them with melon and parsnips. Out of walnuts so in went crushed Monkey nuts - yummy. Had a tangerine left over from Christmas celebrations which adequately took the place of lemon zest. Due to these alterations this could've been a potential disaster from beginning to end, but the family loved it (even Grandma, who enjoyed a specially liquidised version).

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  • 02 May 2009

    janet commented on this recipe

    So easy and very comforting in the cold weather. As i wanted to serve it with the maple and pecan ice cream, another very easy recipe, I substituted the walnuts for pecans and it was delicious and married perfectly with the ice cream. Would do again.

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  • 26 May 2009

    Myah commented on this recipe

    Wow, this is divine i really like it :D I used rhubarb as it was what we had spare, Definately add the rosemary, it gives it a real kick. Thanks

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  • 26 May 2009

    Myah rated this recipe

    4 stars

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  • 21 August 2009

    mandytav commented on this recipe

    very nice!! i didnt use any pears or hazelnuts though and i did not have any plain flour and used self-raising which worked just as well.

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  • 04 September 2009

    janewebb rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this last night and even got the thumbs up from my Mum - no mean feat!!! I thought you wouldn't be able to taste the pear but you can. Fresh apples from our apple tree and pears from Mums tree and a great cheap dessert to warm us up after the rain and wind. Yum! Don't just stick it in your binder - make it!

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  • 04 September 2009

    janewebb commented on this recipe

    Oooh forgot to say I added some cinnamon and nutmeg!

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  • 03 October 2009

    Carol rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this yesterday but used figs instead of apples as I still have a tree full to use up!! It was absolutely fantastic, the walnuts made the crumble taste so much better. I will use the recipe again and again.

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  • 08 November 2009

    conker rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really nice combo (I've never used apples and pears in a crumble before!) and the lemon zest really lifts it. I had some left over stale ginger cake that I blitzed and mixed with the walnuts instead of making the crumbs. I think it might work with some chunks of dark chocolate thrown in as well. Will definately do again!

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  • 19 December 2009

    Mariam Therese rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    very good recipe but the picture shows the crumble being a little burnt ?

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  • 21 December 2009

    Frances A rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I halved the amount of sugar in the crumble topping, but then we don't have very sweet teeth. Very good with lots of custard!

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  • 06 March 2010

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4 - 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 - 35 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 - 25 mins

Family favourite

Ingredients

  • 500g apples , peeled, cored and cut into large chunks
  • finely grated zest 1 lemon , juice of ½
  • sprig rosemary (optional)
  • 2 tbsp light muscovado sugar
  • 500g pears , peeled, cored and cut into large chunks
  • custard or cream , to serve

FOR THE CRUMBLE TOPPING

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PER SERVING

686 kcalories, protein 10g, carbohydrate 86g, fat 36 g, saturated fat 13g, fibre 10g, sugar 30g, salt 0.36 g

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