On a quest to create something wheat free i came up with the idea of a pear crumble. Now i am not a massive sweet tooth, ok so that is a lie, but i do enjoy on occasion something that is not sugar on sugar on sugar on sugar like last weeks cake… So this week i thought i would turn an old winter classic into something a little less sweet and a little ‘better’ for you… I used ALL NATURAL ingredients, and managed to accomplish something that was completly wheat free! And without a recipe i might add as well… 
So if you feel like something a little ‘better’ than the standard, sugar on sugar dessert try my wheat free pear crumble (if you dont like pears simply go for apples instead)
Stuff You’ll Need
- 1 cup almond meal
- 1 cup hazelnut meal
- 1 cup nut butter (i used organic peanut butter – the only ingredient being peanuts)
- 2 eggs
- some coconut
- 6 pears or apples
- 1 cup water
- vanilla essence
- 1/2 cup almond meal
- 1/2 cup hazlenut meal
- 1/4 cup nut butter
- 1/4 cup honey
How i did it
Mix the almond meal and hazelnut meal together, then rub in the butter using your finger tips – like any pastry you want a crumble type appearance. Add the eggs and form a dough. Sprinkle coconut on the bench and slightly kneed the dough basically just bringing it all together. Roll out the dough, it wont go quite like pastry and you probably wont be able to place it in one large piece, but if you can – your better than me 
if not it doesnt really matter, so press the dough into your pie dish evenly. 
Place in the oven for about 1/2 an hour to chill and set, before placing it in a preheated oven (180 deg cel) for about 20 minutes.
Peel your pears and dice. Place in a saucepan with the vanilla and water, if you like fruit a little sweeter add some honey at this point. bring to the boil then turn the heat down and simmer for about 1/2 an hour until the fruit is cooked through and the water has reduced.
For the crumble simply place the almond meal, hazelnut meal nut butter and honey in a bowl and once again use your finger tips to create a crumble.
Once the base and the pears are cooked place the pears in the base and crumble the crumble mixture over the pears… 
Cook once again for about 10 minutes or until to crumble is golden and crunchy…
Serve with some gluten free cream or ice cream… or like i did with a little honey drizzled over the top… nomnomnom… (its very nutty though, so if your not a nut fan… )
