My New Roots - Pear Apple Blackberry Crumble

This was actually my second attempt at making this dish.  My first attempt was while on vacation with several friends about two weeks ago.  I neglected to take pictures that time and the recipe was so good I decided I would just make it again.

This recipe seemed to make quite a bit more crumble than the picture in the book suggested.  The recipe called for a 9" dish for baking the crumble in but wasn't particularly clear on what kind.  On my first attempt, I tried to use a 9" square dish which did not have enough room for all of the fruit and the crumble.  I ended up having to use a 13" x 9" dish instead.

On my second attempt I noticed that the picture in the book showed a rounder glass dish so I dug out one of my round casserole dishes for use.  This thing appeared to be significantly deeper than the dish in the book and yet I still found myself with a dish that was almost overflowing with crumble.  As a result, I'm still not entirely sure what the recommended dish is supposed to be for this recipe.

I should also add that I had a rather difficult time trying to track down arrowroot powder for this recipe and ended up having to substitute in some corn starch instead.  It seemed to work out pretty well as a substitute.

My wife mixed this dish with some yogurt and found it to be an excellent combination.  I also found myself enjoying it for lunch one day.  The portions are very generous and can even be split in half for a small snack.