Puddings don’t have to be hot. If they are made with warming ingredients like spices, they still provide a sense of warmth and comfort.
Serves 6-8
4 apples, cored, peeled and chopped
2 pears, peeled, cored and chopped
250g strawberries, halved
zest and juice from 1 orange
60ml Lifestyle Food xylitol
CRUMBLE
30ml almond flour
30ml Lifestyle Food rice flour
15ml buckwheat flour
30ml Lifestyle Food xylitol
30ml desiccated coconut
45ml Lifestyle Food rolled oats
60ml Lifestyle coconut oil, hard
45ml flaked almonds
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Combine the apples, pears, strawberries, orange zest and juice and xylitol in an ovenproof dish and mix well.
Cover with the crumble and scatter over the flaked almonds.
Bake for 20-30 minutes, until golden and bubbling.
CRUMBLE:
Combine the almond, rice and buckwheat flours, xylitol, coconut and rolled oats in a bowl. Mix well.
Rub in the hardened coconut oil, then crumble over the fruit.
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