Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Vegan Pear and Hazelnut Crisp

I recently picked up a big bag of red pears for $3 from the farmer’s market, and kept thinking about the crumble from the final Red & Black Vegan Family Style Dinner, so I spent a morning make this Pear and Hazelnut Crisp.
Honestly, all I did was veganize this Allrecipes.com recipe, change the cut of the pear and add in some maple.
And it was so, so easy to do.

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Ingredients:

3 pears – peeled if desired, and cut into cubed (I used red pears)
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
1 tablespoon of maple syrup
1.5 tablespoons of brown sugar
3 tablespoons oats (I used barley oats)
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch ground ginger
1 dash ground nutmeg
Teeny dash sea salt
1 tablespoon cold earth balance
2 tablespoons chopped nuts (I used hazelnut)

Directions:

1. Lightly grease something along the lines of a pie plate of 8x8 baking dish. I used a pie plate that was graciously donated to me by the amazing Julie Hasson. I know that helped this dish out.
2. Toss the pear cubes with the lemon juice and maple syrup.
3. In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, spices, brown sugar and sea salt. Cut in butter until crumbly and then add the nuts.
4. Sprinkle the crumb topping over the pears and bake at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes.
If you choose not to cube the pears, starting checking on it after 25 minutes.

FYI, I halved this recipe in the photographed dish above.


Didn’t I tell you it was easy?

The sad part - I only had a serving before leaving for my work trip.

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21 comments:

Vegan_Noodle said...

Looks so good.... hope you saved more for yourself!

bazu said...

Yummy! I don't always love pears- it has to be a special recipe. And this looks like a special recipe!

Caty said...

Looks yummy!

eatme_delicious said...

Yum that looks really tasty!

urban vegan said...

I'm not a huge pear fan, but in a crisp--yum! Thanks for sharing.

Kelli said...

I love pears. Mix pears with oats and you have a winning combination with me. I can't wait to try this recipe.

Cakespy said...

Oh sweet lord...this looks amazing! I'm not usually a huge fan of pear baked into things but think I could make an exception for this.

Trevor said...

That looks really good and I love pears!

Lori- the Pleasantly Plump Vegan said...

we love crisps. thanks for the recipe.

LizNoVeggieGirl said...

mmm, that Pear and Hazelnut Crisp looks stellar; especially since pears are finally looking good at the farmer's market. thank you for sharing the recipe! :0)

Anonymous said...

I swear as soon as I saw that picture I smelled pears. Have you invented the smell-o-blog?

Though maybe it was just the apple sitting on my desk...

shaun.marie said...

ooh, i miss the farmer's market already!

your san francisco trip looks like it went pretty well - i can't wait to try maggie mudd's some day.

Rural Vegan said...

This would be heavenly warm with a scoop of ice cream. Drools...

bjorkedoff said...

the pear is oregon's state fruit as of 2005.

Melisser; the Urban Housewife said...

Ooh, yummy! I may not need to post my recipe now, yours looks great!

jess (of Get Sconed!) said...

aw, I hope someone makes it one day : )

Sat Garcia said...

I just made this and it turned out pretty well (it smelled delicious while baking). I had some smallish pears so I erred on the side of caution and put in what I thought was a lot of pears :) Thanks for veganizing this recipe.

Unknown said...

I didn't see how to use the oats in the directions...I'm assuming they to in with the crumbly topping?

Alyssa said...

I'm totally making this recipe this weekend. I actually have ALL of the ingredients!!

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