Apple ~ Pear Pie

Posted by admin | French food recipes | Tuesday 6 October 2009 11:20

Adapted from Betty Crocker Fall Baking

You will need:

Filling:

6 pears (peeled & sliced)
6 apples (peeled & sliced)
zest of 1 lemon
juice of ½ lemon
¾ cup sugar
½ tsp ground cinnamon
3 tblsps all- purpose flour
3 tblsp butter
2 tblsp sugar

Crust:

3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp sugar
1 cup cold butter (cut into pieces)
2 egg yolks
8 – 10 tblsp cold water

Preparing Crust:

In a bowl mix flour and sugar.

Cut in butter, pulling 2 table knives through in opposite directions, until crumbly.
Stir in egg yolks with fork. Sprinkle in water, 1 tblsp at a time, tossing until ball of pastry forms. Cut ball in half and wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Prepare filling:

Combine all of the ingredients for the filling and set aside.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees:

On a lightly floured surface roll out pastry dough to fit a 10-round pie dish.

Place pastry dough in pie dish and fill with the apple-pear mixture.

Roll out the second dough to fit the top of the pie. Press down the edges with a fork and place two sets of fork holes in the middle of the pie.

Place in oven for about 1 hour or until pie is golden.

This pie is sure to be a happy ending to any meal.

Enjoy!

Source: Living the Gourmet

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