Pears means fall and so are dessert crisps. I combined two fall ingredients, pears and muscato grapes, and they make perfect companions. Use any beautiful dark grape for a contrast and a deeper flavor to your dish.
Course
Fall
Cuisine
California Greek
Keyword
crisp, dessert, muscato grapes, pear
Servings8
AuthorMary Papoulias-Platis
Ingredients
Topping
1cupold fashion oats
1/2cupall-purpose flour
1/2cuppacked brown sugar
1/2teaspooncinnamon
1/4teaspoonsalt
1stick unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small cubes
Filling
6large ripe pears, peeled, cored, and cut into 1-inch pieces. (cups)
1tablespooncornstarch
1/4teaspoonnutmeg
2bunches of Muscato grapes - 4 cups
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Butter a 12 x 8 baking pan.
Topping
Mix the oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt in a food processor.
Pulse for 30 seconds to blend. Add the butter, and pulse until blended.
Crisp
Place the pears, grapes, sugar, cornstarch and nutmeg in a large bowl and gently stir to combine.
Spread in the buttered dish.
Add the topping.
Bake in the center of the oven until golden brown, about 35 minutes.