Pear Crisp - just

Method

• Peel the pear, core it, remove the seeds, and cut it into rough pieces.
• Toss the pieces with the sugar in the small baking dish, and sprinkle water over them.
• Grate a little nutmeg on top.
• Make the topping by cutting the butter into small pieces.
• Rub the butter, flour, and sugar together through your fingers until crumbly.
• Scatter this mixture over the pear, and bake in a preheated 375 oven for 40 minutes.
• If the topping is not as brown as youd like it, slip the dish under the broiler to brown lightly.
• Eat warm, with some heavy cream or a spoonful or so of the creamy top of yogurt.
• You can, of course, make this dish with apples, and rhubarb is good, too.
• In both cases, particularly with rhubarb, you will need to add more sugar to the fruit.