Spiced-Pear Pie

Name: Spiced-Pear Pie
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 Tbsps all purpose flour; 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar; 4 kilograms Bosc pears, peeled, halved, cored, each half cut into 4 slices; 4 cinnamon sticks; 315 milliliters (packed) golden brown sugar; 4 Tbsps heavy whipping cream; 20 servings Brandied-Prune Ice Cream; 118 milliliters (or more) ice water; 20 servings Milk; 20 servings Raw sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 2 teaspoons sugar; 237 milliliters (2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces; 1 vanilla bean, chopped; 2 whole star anise; 227 grams chilled lard, diced, frozen

Spiced-Pear Pie might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 20 servings with 565 calories, 11g of protein, and 26g of fat each. If you have star anise, golden brown sugar, brandied-prune ice cream, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Whisk first 3 ingredients in large bowl.

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Whisk

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Add lard and butter. Rub together with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse damp meal.

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Butter

Lard

Dry Seasoning Rub

Add 1/2 cup ice water and vinegar. Stir with fork until moist clumps form, adding more water by tablespoonfuls if dry. Gather dough into ball. Divide into 4 pieces; flatten into disks. Wrap each disk in plastic and chill at least 30 minutes and up to 3 days.

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Water

Vinegar

Dough

Wrap

Using spice grinder, finely grind first 4 ingredients.

Transfer spice mixture to medium bowl; mix in sugar, flour, and salt. Divide pears between 2 large bowls; mix half of spice mixture and 2 tablespoons cream into each.

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Cream

All Purpose Flour

Pear

Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 400°F.

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Roll out 1 dough disk on lightly floured surface to 12-inch round.

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Dough

Roll

Transfer to 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish.

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Pie Form

Roll out second dough disk to 12-inch round. Mound 1 bowl of pear filling in crust.

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Crust

Dough

Pear

Roll

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Brush overhang lightly with milk. Drape second crust over; press top and bottom overhangs together. Fold under, forming edge of pie. Crimp edge decoratively.

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Crust

Milk