2019-08-01 Eat Well

Pear Crumble Cake

Recipe / Meg Thompson

A not-too-sweet cake with the added benefit of oat bran

to lend a chewy texture and some extra fibre. Based on

a similar Jude Blereau recipe, this is a lovely afternoon-

tea crumble cake that can just as easily be made with

apples instead of pears, if you prefer.

Serves: 10-12

3 large pears

1 tbsp butter

1 tsp maple syrup

Dry ingredients

1 cup oatmeal

1 cup spelt flour

½ cup rapadura sugar

2 tsp baking powder

½ tsp ground cinnamon

½ tsp nutmeg, freshly

grated if possible

Wet ingredients

100g melted & cooled

butter

1 free-range egg, beaten

1 tsp vanilla

½ cup natural yoghurt

Crumble

¼ cup almonds, roughly

chopped

¼ cup coconut flakes

Preheat oven to 180°C.

Peel and cut pears into quarters. Remove core and

then cut each quarter into three pieces.

Heat butter in frying pan and add pears, cooking over

low to medium heat for 15–20 mins, or until pears are

tender and have begun to caramelise.

Combine dry ingredients in a bowl.

Combine wet ingredients and add to dry mixture,

stirring until just combined.

Pour into 20cm lined or greased cake tin.

Layer pears on top, pushing gently into mixture.

Bake for 45 mins, or until skewer inserted comes

out clean.

Around 10 mins before end of cooking, remove

cake from oven, sprinkle over crumble mix and

return to oven.

Let cake cool, then serve.

Pear & Berry Granola Crumble

Recipe / Adam Guthrie

If I want a quick, warming dessert, my go-to is always stewed fruits, as they only

take a few minutes to cook. I turn them into a fast crumble by topping them with

my no-oil granola that I always have in a large jar in the pantry.

Serves: 4

Granola Crumble

800g raw muesli

3 cups apple purée

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp ground cinnamon

2 tbsp maple syrup

Filling

250g frozen mixed berries

4 pears, cored & sliced

1 tbsp orange zest

8 medjool dates, pitted & chopped

Preheat oven to 180°C. Line 2 baking

trays with greaseproof paper.

Place all crumble ingredients

in large bo wl and mix well. Spread

mixture evenly over both trays. Place

trays in oven and cook for 10–15 mins.

Remove from oven. Give mixture on

each tray a good stir, then return to

oven and cook for further 10–15 mins

until golden to dark brown.

Remove from oven and set aside

to cool. Once cool, place granola in

airtight jar.

For filling, place all ingredients

into saucepan over low heat, cover

with lid and cook until pears and

berries are soft.

Place filling mixture in bowl and

top with some granola crumble.

Enjoy immediately.

Pear & Berry Granola Crumble

Pear Crumble Cake

Swap apples for the

pears in this recipe

if you prefer.

Photography: Meg Thompson, Adam Guthrie

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healthy crumbles

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PearCrumbleCake

Recipe/ MegThompson

A not-too-sweetcakewiththeaddedbenefitofoatbran

tolenda chewytextureandsomeextrafibre.Basedon

a similarJudeBlereaurecipe,thisis a lovelyafternoon-

teacrumblecakethatcanjustaseasilybemadewith

applesinsteadofpears,if youprefer.

Serves:10-12

3 largepears

1 tbspbutter

1 tspmaplesyrup

Dryingredients

1 cupoatmeal

1 cupspeltflour

½cuprapadurasugar

2 tspbakingpowder

½tspgroundcinnamon

½tspnutmeg,freshly

gratedif possible

Wetingredients

100gmelted& cooled

butter

1 free-rangeegg,beaten

1 tspvanilla

½cupnaturalyoghurt

Crumble

¼cupalmonds,roughly

chopped

¼cupcoconutflakes

Preheatovento180°C.

Peelandcutpearsintoquarters.Removecoreand

thencuteachquarterintothreepieces.

Heatbutterinfryingpanandaddpears,cookingover

lowtomediumheatfor15–20mins,oruntilpearsare

tenderandhavebeguntocaramelise.

Combinedryingredientsina bowl.

Combinewetingredientsandaddtodrymixture,

stirringuntiljustcombined.

Pourinto20cmlinedorgreasedcaketin.

Layerpearsontop,pushinggentlyintomixture.

Bakefor 45 mins,oruntilskewerinsertedcomes

outclean.

Around 10 minsbeforeendofcooking,remove

cakefromoven,sprinkleovercrumblemixand

returntooven.

Letcakecool,thenserve.

Pear&BerryGranolaCrumble

Recipe/ AdamGuthrie

If I wanta quick,warmingdessert,mygo-tois alwaysstewedfruits,astheyonly

takea fewminutestocook.I turnthemintoa fastcrumblebytoppingthemwith

myno-oilgranolathatI alwayshaveina largejarinthepantry.

Serves: 4

GranolaCrumble

800grawmuesli

3 cupsapplepurée

1 tspvanilla

1 tspgroundcinnamon

2 tbspmaplesyrup

Filling

250gfrozenmixedberries

4 pears,cored& sliced

1 tbsporangezest

8 medjooldates,pitted& chopped

Preheatovento180°C.Line2 baking

trayswithgreaseproofpaper.

Placeallcrumbleingredients

inlargebowlandmixwell.Spread

mixtureevenlyoverbothtrays.Place

traysinovenandcookfor10–15mins.

Removefromoven.Givemixtureon

eachtraya goodstir,thenreturnto

ovenandcookforfurther10–15mins

untilgoldentodarkbrown.

Removefromovenandsetaside

tocool.Oncecool,placegranolain

airtightjar.

Forfilling,placeallingredients

intosaucepanoverlowheat,cover

withlidandcookuntilpearsand

berriesaresoft.

Placefillingmixtureinbowland

topwithsomegranolacrumble.

Enjoyimmediately.

Pear & Berry Granola Crumble

Pear Crumble Cake

Swap apples for the

pears in this recipe

if you prefer.

Photography: Meg Thompson, Adam Guthrie

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healthy crumbles