Easy Pear Crumble Recipe

Let's all fall into autumn with a bowl of this delicious, comforting pear crumble with custard.

Pear crumble is one of those delicious, autumn desserts that makes me feel all cosy and homey, and it smells so good as it cooks! It fills the kitchen with a delicious warming scent.

It's perfect served both with a drizzle of custard, or with some clotted cream ice-cream. Either is delicious.

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Super easy! - making crumble for dessert is always super easy, and a great way to make dessert for a crowd too. Great for serving up after a traditional Sunday roast dinner to really get you in the autumn mood.

You can add extras - you can keep the crumble just pear, or you can add in any other fruit you like - apples or blackberries are particularly good.

Pear Crumble Recipe 

Serves – 6 people 

Prep Time – 20 minutes

Cook Time – 30 minutes

Total Time – 50 minutes

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Equipment Needed

• Weighing scales

• Mixing bowl

• Ovenproof dish

• Chopping board

• Vegetable knife

• Tablespoon

Pear Crumble Ingredients

You'll only need a handful of wholesome ingredients to make this delicious pear crumble recipe

For the pear crumble filling

• Pears - we usually use Conference Pears, but you can just use any you have to hand, there's no rules. You need them to be just ripening, but not overly squishy. You can make this with Anjou pears or Bartlett pears if you prefer.

• Dark brown sugar - this is mixed into the pear chunks and gives them a love, rich sweetness as they cook.

• Spices - you can add a pinch of cinnamon or pinch go ground nutmeg to your pear mixture if you like.

For the pear crumble topping

• Plain flour

• Unsalted butter - at room temperature so it's easy to rub into the flour.

• Soft brown sugar - you can use caster sugar or dark brown sugar if you prefer.

• Ground almonds - this just adds a delicious flavour to the crumb topping. You can swap this for rolled oats if you prefer.

For calories and nutrition information see recipe card below

How To Make Pear Crumble

Crumble is one of the easiest desserts to make, it's rustic, yummy and absolutely no need to be neat! (our favourite kind of cooking!)

Step One - preheat the oven

• Heat the oven to 200C / 400F / 180C (fan) Gas Mark 6 - grab our handy oven temperature conversion chart with printable here.

Step Two - make the pear filling

• Peel the pears and remove the core. Then chop into bitesized pieces and slices and toss them into the ovenproof baking dish or pie dish.

• Sprinkle the brown sugar over the chopped pears and stir it into the fruit so that the pears turn a lovely brown colour.

Step Three - make the crumble topping

• Tip the flour and butter into a large mixing bowl. Rub the butter into the flour using your fingers until it resembles a fine breadcrumb like mixture.

• Then tip in the light brown sugar and ground almonds and stir them into the crumble topping mixture.

Step Four - put together the pear crumble

• Scatter the crumble topping over the chopped pears in the ovenproof dish, don't pack it down, let it sit loosely.

Step Five - bake the pear crumble

• Bake the crumble in the hot oven for around 25-30 minutes or until the pears have softened and the crumble is turning golden brown on top.

Step Six - serve

• Let the crumble cool a little and then serve with either hot or cold custard, clotted cream, double cream or vanilla ice cream.

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Little tips and variations to try

Make crumble topping with oats

If you fancy adding oats to your crumble topping for extra deliciousness, grab the oat crumble topping recipe here.

Can I freeze crumble?

You can freeze pear crumble, cool the crumble quickly, then wrap tightly in foil and freeze. To re-cook, just defrost in the fridge overnight, then bake at 200C for around 20-30 minutes or until reheated thoroughly.

Make it gluten-free

Swap out the plain flour for a gluten free variety, and of course check all other ingredients used are gluten-free too. Crumble is one of those fantastic desserts that doesn't suffer taste wise if swapped to a gluten free recipe.

Make it vegan

If you want to make the crumble plant based, swap the butter for a vegan butter or plant based alternative.

Make it a pear pie instead

If you fancy a pie instead of a pear crisp crumble. Just add a pie crust. Shop bought works well for this and is quick and easy.

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