Cranberry-Pear Pie

Name: Cranberry-Pear Pie
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps cornstarch; 355 milliliters fresh or frozen cranberries; 118 milliliters dried cranberries; 631 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest; 1 Tbsp milk; 3 larges ripe but firm pears, peeled, cored and sliced (about 1 lb. 10 oz.); 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoons salt; 177 milliliters sugar; 1 Tbsp coarse sugar; 2 Tbsps sugar; 12 Tbsps cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces; 59 milliliters cold vegetable shortening, cut into pieces

Cranberry-Pear Pie is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 5g of protein, 24g of fat, and a total of 528 calories. This recipe serves 8. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 50 minutes. Head to the store and pick up butter, milk, cranberries, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Mix flour, sugar and salt with a fork.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

Cut in butter and shortening with a pastry blender or 2 knives.

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Shortening

Butter

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Blender

Drizzle in 5 Tbsp. of ice water, stirring with a fork until dough just comes together. Divide dough into halves; shape each into a disk. Wrap in waxed paper; chill for at least 30 minutes.

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Water

Dough

Wrap

Preheat oven to 425F; line a baking sheet with foil. On a lightly floured surface, roll out one disk to a 121/ 2-inch round. Ease dough into a 9-inch pie plate and trim to edge; chill at least 30 minutes.

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Dough

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Make filling: Stir together pears, fresh and dried cranberries, sugar, cornstarch, lemon zest, ginger and salt.

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Dried Cranberries

Corn Starch

Lemon Zest

Ginger

Pear

Sugar

Salt

Transfer mixture to pie shell. On a lightly floured surface, roll out remaining dough disk to a 13 1/2-inch round.

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Pie Crust

Dough

Roll

Lay dough over filling and trim edges, leaving a 1-inch overhang. Fold edge under bottom crust, press to seal and crimp.

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Crust

Dough

Brush top with milk and sprinkle with coarse sugar. Using a small sharp knife, cut four vents in top crust.

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Coarse Sugar

Crust

Milk

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Knife

Place pie on lined baking sheet; bake for 10 minutes. Lower oven temperature to 350F and continue to bake for about 55 minutes, until crust is golden brown.

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Crust

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Let pie cool on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack