Apple, pear & walnut crumble

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Recipe by Gary Rhodes

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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.

Gary's tip

If you top and tail the apples and pears first you'll find them easier and faster to peel.

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

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• Kazza

  22 January 2008

  Kazza rated and commented on this recipe

  

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

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• hcha6434

  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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• stefania

  25 January 2008

  stefania commented on this recipe

  delicious. will try it with hazelnuts next time

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• stevemac

  21 September 2008

  stevemac rated and commented on this recipe

  

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

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• busymummy

  21 September 2008

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  Lovely

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• goodgrub

  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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• Alina

  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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• CockeyedKenny

  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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• janet

  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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• Myah

  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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• mandytav

  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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• janewebb

  04 September 2009

  janewebb rated and commented on this recipe

  

  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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• janewebb

  04 September 2009

  janewebb commented on this recipe

  Oooh forgot to say I added some cinnamon and nutmeg!

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• Carol

  03 October 2009

  Carol rated and commented on this recipe

  

  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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• conker

  08 November 2009

  conker rated and commented on this recipe

  

  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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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
• cream or custard to serve

FOR THE CRUMBLE TOPPING

• 100g pack walnuts
• 175g wholemeal or granary flour (or plain white)
• 85g butter , diced
• 85g caster or light muscovado sugar

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Prep 30 35 mins

Cook 25 mins

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
• cream or custard to serve

FOR THE CRUMBLE TOPPING

• 100g pack walnuts
• 175g wholemeal or granary flour (or plain white)
• 85g butter , diced
• 85g caster or light muscovado sugar

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

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