Pear Pie Recipes

Ingredients :

1.5 kg

4 tbsp

2 tbsp

440 g

1 tbsp

1 tsp

410 g

1

125 ml

pears, peeled, cored and cut into 8 pieces each

white rum

lemon juice

caster sugar

pepper

ground cinnamon

frozen puff pastry, thawed

egg, beaten

double cream

1. Put the pears into a bowl with the rum, lemon juice, sugar, pepper and cinnamon and leave them to soak.
2. Roll out two thirds of the pastry to a thickness of 3mm.
3. Butter and flour a pie tin and line it with pastry.
4. Drain the pears, reserving the juice, and arrange them in the pie.
5. Put a pie funnel in the center to let out the steam.
6. Roll out the rest of the pastry and cover the pie.
7. Pinch the edges together and decorate the top with same leftover pastry.
8. Cut a hole around the pie funnel.
9. Brush the pastry with the beaten egg.
10. Put the pie into a preheated oven at 180C/350F/Gas 4 and cook for 45-60 minutes until the pie is golden brown.
11. Stir the cream into the pear juice and pour it through the hole in the pastry lid.

Serves 8

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