CRUNCHY delight made with just five everyday ingredients. Serves: 4-6.

Ingredients

2 x 400g cans pear halves in syrup 100g butter 100g golden syrup 300g porridge oats 100g bar dark chocolate, chopped into pieces

Method

Heat oven to 180c/160c fan/gas 4. Drain the pears (keeping the syrup) and cut each half in half. Tip into a dish or oven-proof pan about 22cm across. Drizzle 2-3 tbsp of the syrup from the can over them.

Melt the butter and golden syrup in a saucepan, then stir in the porridge oats and a pinch of salt. Quickly mix in the chocolate, but don’t let it melt. Tip the mixture over the pears. Bake for 30 minutes until golden and crisp. Allow to cool for five minutes before serving with double cream or ice cream, if you like.