Vanilla pear and fruit crumble with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

Foto:  Mari Eriksson

These lovely mini berry crumble are perfect autumn comfort food. I love the combo of warm vanilla  pear with the crunchy nuts and the cool ice cream. Enjoy!

Vanilla pear and fruit crumble

(Serves 4)

For the Berry Filling:

• 3 cups mixed berries 
• 15g butter
• 5 pear peeled, cored and cut in 3 cm pieces
• 1/2 cup natural cane sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the Topping:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup almond meal
• 1/4 cup rolled oats
• 1/4 cup natural cane sugar
• 1/4 cup light muscavado sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 60 g of nuts I used para nuts and pecannuts
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons butter, melted

Step 1: Preheat oven to 180 C. Melt butter in a saucepan. Add pear, sugar and vanilla extract stir and cook 5 minutes or until pear is tender. Take away from heat and add the berries.

Step 2: In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, almond meal, oats, sugar and cinnamon together.

Step 3: Pour the melted butter  for the topping over the flour mixture.

Step 4: Using a spoon, combine the melted butter with the flour mixture until crumbles form.

Step 5: Place ramekins on a baking sheet and evenly distribute the mixed berries and pear into the four (4 inch) ramekins.

Step 6: Evenly distribute the prepared crumble over the top of each ramekin. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until tops are golden. Allow the crumbles to cool slightly before serving with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.