Saturday 10 November 2012

PEAR & AMARETTO

Pear & Amaretto crumble cake (Adapted from Ottolenghi cookbook)

*100g bramley apple, peeled, 1.5cm diced
*150g pear, peeled, 1.5cm diced
*30g walnuts, roughly chopped
*Grated zest 1 lemon
*2tbsp amaretto
*210g plain flour
*3/4tsp baking powder
*3/4tsp cinnamon
*1/2tsp mixed spice
*45g ground almonds
*3 eggs
*180ml sunflower oil
*200g golden caster sugar
*1/3tsp salt
Crumble mix
*50g plain wholemeal flour
*25g ground rice
*25g golden caster sugar
*50g butter, cold and cubed

Grease & line loaf tin
Preheat the oven 170°C
Mix Pear, apple, lemon zest, Amaretto
In a separate bowl sift the flour, baking powder, spices, ground almonds and walnuts
Separate 2 of the eggs, mix the yolks with the 3rd egg
Beat the oil and sugar for 1 min and slowly add the egg yolk mix
Quickly add dry ingredients and fruit
Whisk egg whites and fold in
Top with crumble mix and bake 1hour 30mins 


The noble facade of the cathedral is not spoiled by the modern haberdashery.
Camillo Sitte; the art of building cities

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