Jamie Oliver’s pear and blackberry crumble

Make the most of an autumn harvest with Jamie Oliver’s simple but delicious air fryer pear and blackberry crumble.

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By Jamie Oliver | Published - 27 Oct 2025
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Prep time
12 mins
Cooking Time
50 mins
Serves
6
Calories
378

Ingredients

  • 4 ripe pears
  • 2 eating apples
  • 2 balls of stem ginger in syrup
  • 300g blackberries
  • 100g cold unsalted butter
  • 1 large orange
  • 100g porridge oats
  • 60g demerara sugar
  • 1 pinch of ground cinnamon
  • 100g cornflakes

Method

  1. Cut the pears and apples into sixths, removing the core. Finely chop the stem ginger. Remove the shelf from the air fryer, then place the pears, apples, blackberries and ginger inside with a knob of the butter, the orange zest and juice, and 2 tablespoons of stem ginger syrup. Mix together and cook for 40minutes at 180ºC, or until the fruit has softened, stirring halfway.
  2.  Meanwhile, place the oats in a bowl, cube up and add the remaining butter, then rub together with your thumbs and fingertips. Add the sugar and cinnamon, scrunch in the cornflakes, and mix well.
  3. Scatter the crumble mixture over the fruit and cook for another 10 minutes at 180ºC, or until golden and bubbling, then dish up straight from the drawer. Great with custard, crème fraîche or ice cream.
jamie oliver's pear and blackberry crumble in an air fryer
Image credit: David Loftus, 2025

Easy Air Fryer by Jamie Oliver is published by Penguin Michael Joseph © Jamie Oliver Enterprises Limited (2025 Easy Air Fryer).

Recipe photography: © David Loftus, 2025.

(Hero image credit: David Loftus, 2025)

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Written by: Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver is a top celebrity chef, restaurant owner and book author. He made his television debut in 1999 and has been cooking and campaigning ever since.

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