Apple, pear & walnut crumble

30-60 minutes 4 servings 6 servings 800 kcal or less apple pie apples and pears crumble crumble and custard family fave fruit dessert fruit pie indulgent mains over an hour puddings rosemary traditional british puds

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Ingredients

500g apple , peeled, cored and cut into large chunks

finely grated zest 1 lemon , juice of ½

sprig rosemary (optional)

2 tbsp light muscovado sugar

500g pear , peeled, cored and cut into large chunks

custard or cream , to serve

100g pack walnut

175g granary or wholemeal flour (or plain white)

85g butter , diced

85g caster or light muscovado sugar

Method

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.

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.

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.