Pear and Dried-Fruit Crisp With Nutmeg-Walnut Streusel

Ingredients

• 1 14 cups all-purpose flour
• 34 cup sugar
• 1 12 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 14 teaspoon salt
• 34 cup unsalted butter
• cut into 12 pieces at room temperature
• 1 12 walnuts
• chopped
• 12 cup sugar
• 14 cup unsalted butter
• room temperature
• 34 cup orange juice
• 2 teaspoons orange peel
• finely grated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 14 teaspoon salt
• 1 12 cups dried mixed fruit (9 oz package)
• 4 12 cups pears
• peeled
• cored
• cut into 1 inch cubes
• 3 tablespoons Amaretto
• lightly sweetened whipped cream or vanilla ice cream

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 F degrees.
2. Coat a 12 inch glass baking dish with grease or butter.
3. Whisk first 4 ingredients (flour, sugar, nutmeg and salt)in a medium bowl.
4. Add butter; rub in with fingers until mixture clumps together.
5. Mix in walnuts.
6. Place next 6 ingredients (sugar, unsalted butter, orange juice, orange peel, vanilla, salt).
7. in large skillet.
8. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to a boil.
9. Add dried fruit; reduce heat to medium and simmer until fruit soften and liquid is slightly reduced, about 5 minutes.
10. Add chopped pears and amaretto.
11. Mix completely and simmer another 5 minutes.
12. Remove from heat and spread in baking dish.
13. Sprinkle streusel mixture on top.
14. Bake until bubbling and golden; about 1 hour.
15. Cool and serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream or ice cream.