April's Apple, Pear and Walnut crumble

April's Apple, Pear and Walnut Crumble



Shopping List:
500 gr. cooking apples, all peeled and roughly cut
grated zest of 1 lemon and 1/2 juice of that lemon
2 tablespoons light soft brown sugar
500 gr pears, peeled and roughly cut

For the crumble topping:
100 gr walnuts
175 gr of flour (any)
85 gr butter
85 gr caster or soft white sugar


Preheat your oven to 190C. Put the apples, lemon zest and the sugar in your saucepan. Add the lemon juice and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add the pears and cook for 2-3 minutes longer.
Just until the fruits are beginning to soften. Spoon everything from your saucepan into a 1.7 litre pudding dish or something that fits the bill and even it out.

Now the crumble: Chop half of the walnuts in your food processor or blitzer until it looks like ground almonds. Add the flour, butter and sugar and continue to blitz to a coarse or fine crumble mix, whatever you prefer. I prefer to do it with my hands, well the last bit. I can feel just how the crumble should be.

Then roughly break the remaining walnuts with your hands if you are able and stir this with the crumble mixture. Scatter the crumble mix evenly over the fruits in your dish and bake them in your preheated oven for about 20-25 minutes until golden brown and your kitchen smells of warm apples.

You can serve it warm with custard or cream, but cold is just as nice.
Excellent idea for a dessert for a dinner party at the kitchen table with some home made wine, or a mug of coffee with whipped cream on top. Sprinkle with crumbled walnuts.



                                                               "Enjoy"