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Ingredients
CRUST
- 2 cups Flour
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 2/3 cup cold Vegetable Shortening in tablespoons
- 1/2 cup Ice Water
FILLING
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1/4 cup Flour
- 1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon Ground Cloves
- 8 firm Pears Bartlett or Anjou-peeled, cored and sliced 1/2 inch thick
- 1/2 tablespoon Unsalted Butter cut into small bits
MILK GLAZE
- 1 tablespoon Milk
- 1 tablespoon Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Unsalted Butter melted
Ingredients
CRUST
FILLING
MILK GLAZE
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Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix the flour with the salt. Cut in the shortening until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle on the ice water and mix lightly with a fork. Gently knead the dough until it just comes together. Cut the dough in half and flatten each piece into a disk. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350°. In a large bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cinnamon and cloves. Add the pears and toss to coat.
- On a lightly floured work surface, roll out 1 disk of dough to an 11 1/2-inch round. Fit the dough into a 10-inch aluminum pie pan without stretching. Roll out the second disk of dough to an 11-inch round. Transfer the pear filling to the pie pan and arrange the slices so there are no gaps. Dot the pears with the butter. Cover the pie with the top crust and press all around the edge to seal. Trim any overhang and crimp the edge decoratively.
- In a bowl, mix the milk, sugar and butter and brush this glaze over the pie. With a small knife, make 5 evenly spaced slits in the top crust.
- Bake the pie for 1 hour and 50 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the filling begins to bubble through the vents. Let the pie cool on a rack, about 3 hours. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Recipe Notes
Suggested Pairing
Sweet Chenin Blancs from the Anjou region of the western Loire valley are terrific value dessert wines and pair particularly well with baked orchard fruits like the pears in this pie.
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