Pear w Chocolate Crumble

Ingredients:             -serves 6-
250gr caster sugar
1tbs lemon juice
3 strips pared orange zest
1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped
1 cinnamon quill, broken in half
3 whole cloves
6 firm pears (such as beurre bosc), peeled, stems kept intact

Crumble Topping:
35gr self raising flour
65gr rolled oats
1tbs each caster N brown sugar
50gr chilled unsalted butter, chopped
35gr roasted hazelnuts, chopped
20gr flaked almonds
1tbs golden syrup

Chocolate Custard (makes 800ml)
300ml each milk N thickened cream
3 egg yolk
55gr caster sugar
1tbs cornflour
200gr dark chocolate, chopped
2tbs Frangelico liqueur

Method:
Topping:
1. Preheat oven to 200'C
2. Place flour, oats N sugar in a bowl, then rub in butter w fingertips to form coarse crumbs
3. Stir in nuts N syrup to form clumps
4. Spread on a baking tray
5. Bake for 15mins or till' golden
6, Cool it then break into clumps

Pear:
1. Place sugar N 5 cups water in large pan over medium heat. Stir to dissolve
2. Add lemon juice, zest, spice N zest. Bring to simmer
3. Cook over medium heat for 20mins or longer till' pears tender
* make sure pear tender. Check by tuckin' skewer into pear. If it as soft as butter,,DONE

Chocolate Custard:
1. Heat milk N cream in a pan over medium heat till' just below boiling point
2. MIx yolk w sugar. . .stir in flour, then add chocolate
3. Pour bit of milk n cream into egg mix,,,stir till' chocolate melt
4. Pour in whole milk n cream,,mix well
5. Return to pan over low heat,,stir the mix for 10-15mins till thick enough to coat back of spoon
6. Stir in liqueur, remove form pan N keep warm

Place pears in bowls or cups. Pour in custard N sprinkle w crumble~

* Well, if u wonder what s d orange shit stick on d side of pear,,it s d orange zest
I couldn't wait to try,,,so I just ignore it,,haha
All my work-m8s really like them   =DDD