Pear And Chocolate Crumble - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 kg pears (Comice or Conference are good)
2 lemons, juice of
50 g caster sugar
300 g plain flour
200 g unsalted butter (cut into small cubes and chilled)
150 g brown sugar
100 g rolled oats
50 g dark chocolate

Preparation

Place the flour, sugar and butter in a food processor. Pulse until it forms a fine powder. Add the oats and pulse to mix. Chill.
Peel and core the pears. Cut into small cubes about an inch in diameter. Put the pears in a saucepan with the lemon juice and the sugar. Bring to the boil and then simmer for a while until the pears begin to tenderise. This depends on how ripe your pears are. If they are like bullets then you may need to do this for 20 to 30 minutes. If they are juicy and ripe then just bring to the boil. Allow to cool.
Preheat oven to 200 deg Celsius.
When the pears are cool, place them an oven proof dish. Add the chocolate and give it a mix. Do not be tempted to add more chocolate, it will over power the dish! Finally add the topping and sprinkle with some more brown sugar.
Cook for 20-25 minutes or until piping hot.
Serve with custard or vanilla ice cream and enjoy.