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    Comice pear and flapjack crumble

    • Vegetarian
    • Preparation time: 10 minutes, plus cooling
    • Cooking time: 55 minutes
    • Total time: 1 hour 5 minutes, plus cooling

    Serves: 6

    Ingredients

    800g comice pears (about 5-6), cored and chopped
    2 balls stem ginger, chopped, plus 2 tbsp syrup from the jar
    150g light brown soft sugar, plus 1 tbsp extra
    180g salted butter, plus a few extra knobs
    4 tbsp golden syrup
    175g porridge oats
    75g ground almonds

    Method

    1. Preheat the oven to 180˚C, gas mark 4. Put the pears in a pan with the stem ginger and its syrup, 1 tbsp sugar and 30g butter. Cook for 5-7 minutes. Lightly mash ½ the fruit in the pan and stir, then put in a 1.5 litre baking dish and set aside.

    2. Melt the remaining 150g butter in a pan with the golden syrup. Add the oats, almonds and 150g sugar, stirring until combined. Spoon over the fruit. Scatter a few knobs of butter over the top and bake for 40-45 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before serving, with cream, if liked.

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    This recipe first appeared in Waitrose Kitchen magazine. myWaitrose members can download the Waitrose Kitchen app edition for FREE. Find out more.

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