Pear Crisp with a twist!

Orange Blossom Water subtly perfumes this rustic (chunky!) Pear Crisp / Crumble.

A floral touch to an otherwise traditional dessert.

Pear Crisp – an easy, family favourite dessert.

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This pear crumble has quickly become a family favourite in my home.

Succulent baked pears with a crispy, delicately spiced oat topping.

I mean, what’s not to love about a Crumble / Crisp?

They are one of the easiest desserts to make and bake. That is, if you don’t accidentally burn part of the crumbly topping under the grill, whilst you are attempting to focus on what your child is saying to you.

Throughout September after school, said child often asked me to bake Pear Crumble. I don’t give in to dessert requests as much as he, or I would like.

I want to call this a crumble but, traditionally a British crumble doesn’t include oats.

Thankfully many modern day crumble recipes include oats and occasionaly nuts. I adapted my recipe from Taste of Home.

I enjoy the subtle background flavour the orange blossom water (not extract) brings to the pears in the crumble.

Drizzle two teaspoons of OBW over peeled and quartered pears. Too lazy here to bother chopping them any further. Hence the term rustic in the opening line of this post.

I think it could possibly take more orange blossom water. Especially if like me you love orange blossom flavoured sweets. A few examples being: Qalb el louz, Tcharek msaker and I’m known to add it into my Porridge on a morning.

Love a crisp / crumble during Autumn and want a change from the norm? Try my pear crisp with a twist.

Should you want an even bigger snuggly hug from this dessert, serve it with lashings of warm custard…Thinking out loud: Orange Blossom Custard – now that’s an idea!