Pear & Strawberry Crumble

I've had this one in mind for some time now, but as Mr & Mrs Killer told me they don't like pears/strawberries, I've had to wait until there was an occasion to make it for others. Last week, that time arrived; Mr Pink's family came over for dinner. It went down really well, and I would definitely be happy to make this one again.

This was really easy and didn't take too long to make, less than 30min.

Serves 6

Ingredients:
 - 1 cup caster sugar
 - 1 cinnamon stick
 - 1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped
 - 6 pears, peeled
 - custard to serve
 - icing sugar to dust

Strawberry Crumble
 -  30g butter
 - 1 cup Apricot, Date ^ Almond Muesli
 - 1/4 cup brown sugar
 - 1 cup fresh strawberries, chopped

Method:
Step 1: Place 4 cups of water in a large saucepan with sugar, cinnamon stick vanilla bean and seeds. Simmer on medium heat for 10 minutes.

Step 2: Add pears, reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 10-15 minutes, or until tender.

Step 3: Meanwhile, melt butter in a frying pan on medium heat. Add muesli and sugar and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until golden.

Step 4: Add strawberries and cook for 2 minutes or until strawberries are soft.

Step 5: Remove pears from syrup and cut in half. Place in serving bowls and top with strawberry crumble mixture. Serve with custard and dust with icing sugar.
Note to eaters: Its perfectly okay to leave the core of the pear as they can be a bit sour and you don't want to ruin the taste of the dessert!