Autumn Pear & Hazelnut Crumble

This crumble recipe is taken from the book 'Vegan Cooking' by Amanda Quinn & Diipali Lilburne and it just goes to show you can make a really scrumptious crumble without loading it with butter. Vitasoy makes a great vanilla ice cream, but I still haven't found a vegan replacement for that damn good refrigerated custard...

4 large pears, cored, peeled and diced into large chunks
1/3 cup dates, chopped
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup water
1 cup oats
1/2 cup wholemeal flour
1/2 cup almond or hazelnut meal
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup hazelnuts, crushed
1/3 cup Nuttelex

Preheat oven to 200•C
Place pears in a saucepan with the dates, water and cinnamon. Bring to the boil then reduce heat to medium and cook for 10 minutes. Pour into a deep baking dish.
In a bowl mix together the oats, flour, almond meal, sugar and hazelnuts. Melt Nuttelex and add to the oats mixture and mix well. Pour crumble mixture over pears and press down. Bake in the oven 25-30 minutes.

No comments: