Pear and Walnut Crumble
By: Anonymous
Published: Friday, December 11, 2009 - 1:38am

Ingredients




4 Pears
1 knob butter
Half lemon, Juice of
1 tablespoon Raisins
55 grams Sugar, (2oz)
55 grams Soft brown sugar, (2oz)
25 grams Plain flour, (¾oz)
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
45 grams Walnuts, (1 ½oz)
45 grams Butter, (2oz)
290 ml Milk, (1/2pint )
3 Egg yolks
55 grams Caster sugar, (2oz)
1 teaspoon Almond essence
Few flaked almonds to garnish

Preparation

1 Saute the pears in the hot butter, add the lemon and the raisins. 2 In a food processor blend the topping ingredients, bit by bit until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. 3 Boil the milk and almond essence together, pour onto the egg yolks and sugar. Pour this back into the pan, heat gently until it thickens and coats the back of a spoon. 4 Place the pear in an ovenproof dish, scatter with the crumble. Bake in a hot oven 180 C/350 F/gas mark 4 for about 40 minutes.