Spiced pear cider crumble
Serves: 6
Prep time: 30 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Helen Cathcart
Spiced pear cider crumble
Pear cider adds a delicate sweetness to this warmly spiced, oaty-topped crumble. Perfect for rounding off a Sunday roast
Serves: 6
Prep time: 30 minsTotal time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
441Kcal
Fat
16gr
Saturates
9gr
Carbs
64gr
Sugars
36gr
Fibre
7gr
Protein
5gr
Salt
0.3gr
Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Head of Food. She loves the precision and creativity of baking, turning fridge odds-and-ends into a weeknight pasta, and is always bookmarking new restaurants to try. She's happiest hosting friends around a table overflowing with food (and insisting everyone has seconds) or planning holidays around what to eat.
Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Head of Food. She loves the precision and creativity of baking, turning fridge odds-and-ends into a weeknight pasta, and is always bookmarking new restaurants to try. She's happiest hosting friends around a table overflowing with food (and insisting everyone has seconds) or planning holidays around what to eat.
Ingredients
- 6 pears, ripe but firm
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- zest of 1 lemon
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 150ml pear cider
- custard or ice cream, to serve
For the topping
- 150g whole rolled oats
- 100g plain flour
- 1½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- pinch ground cloves
- 100g butter, diced
- 100g demerara sugar
Step by step
Get ahead
The crumble topping can be prepared a few hours ahead and kept chilled until continuing with step 2.
- Preheat the oven to 190°C, fan 170°C, gas 5. For the topping, mix the oats, flour and spices in a large bowl with a good pinch of salt. Rub in the butter to form small clumps, then stir in the sugar and rub in again until you have a chunky crumble. Set aside.
- Peel, quarter and core the pears, and cut into 2cm chunks. Tip into a shallow ovenproof dish (about 2 litres capacity) and toss with the caster sugar, lemon zest and cinnamon. Pour the pear cider into the dish.
- Scatter the crumble topping over the pears and bake for 35-40 minutes until golden brown and the fruity filling starts to bubble up. Leave to cool for 10-15 minutes before serving with custard or ice cream.
