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Roasted pears with marzipan, dried fruits and oat crumble
2021-01-09
Ingredients
For the pears
- 4 medium pears, halved and cored
- 150ml white wine
- 4 star anise
- 4v sprigs fresh thyme
- 4 small cinnamon sticks
- 200ml honey
- few pieces orange peel
- 150ml sugar syrup
- Melted butter
For the oat crumble
- 150g brown sugar
- 150g butter, diced
- 150g ground almonds
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 100g oats (Good Earth)
- 100g plain flour
- 1 tbsp orange and lemon zest
- ¼ tsp vanilla powder or 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the filling
- 150g marzipan, diced
- 100g sultanas
- 100g apricots, diced
- 100g honey
- 50ml Amaretto liqueur
Method
Place the pears into a saucepan with the wine, herbs, peel and syrup and marinate for an hour or so. Meanwhile make the filling by mixing carefully mixing together the marzipan, dried fruit, honey and amaretto. Place the marinated pears onto a lined baking sheet and spoon on the filling. To make the crumble, rub together all the ingredients to form a crumble and use generously to cover the filling. Sprinkle over the reserved sugar and bake in the oven at 175°C for 20-25 minutes depending on how ripe the pears are.
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