Gluten free pear and apple crumble

Fancy a crumble but worried it's not healthy, fear nt this recipe is delicious, healthy and will surely satisfy all those crumble desires on a cold, dark Autumn night.

Ingredients: (serves 4)

Crumble topping

180g Porridge oats

100g Walnuts, chopped

3 tbsp gluten free flour (I've used rice flour)

100ml Maple syrup

2 tbsp coconut oil

1 tsp cinnamon

Fruit base

3 large seasonal comice pears, peeled, cored and cut into small chunks

3/4 large apples peeled, cored and cut into small chunks

1 tbsp maple syrup

1 tbsp water

Juice of 1 lemon

A pinch of cinnamon

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 190C/ fan 170C / gas 5. Melt the coconut oil in small pan and add the maple syrup and cinnamon. Put the oats, flour and walnuts in a bowl and add in the oil mixture and mix together.

Put the chopped fruit into a pan with the lemon juice, water and maple syrup and cinnamon. Simmer gently until the fruit has slightly softened, this should be around ten minutes. When it is done tip the fruit into a baking dish then sprinkle over the crumble. topping.

Bake for 20 minutes and the crumble topping is golden.

Serve with natural yoghurt or a dairy free version if vegan.

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