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- From: eamon@netcom.com (Chuck Taggart)
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Vanilla Bean Pear Pie
- Date: 15 Sep 1994 12:47:37 -0400
- Organization: Netcom On-Line Communication Services
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- This comes from my friend Susan Martinez, who slays her guests with this pie.
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- VANILLA BEAN PEAR PIE
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- by Susan Martinez <sem@aps1.spa.umn.edu>
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- * 1/2 cup sugar
- * 2 tablespoons flour
- * 5 cups fresh, sliced, peeled pears (about 2.5 lb)
- * 1/2 cups fresh sliced strawberries (optional)
- * 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- * Pastry or pie crust for 9-inch pie plate
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- After peeling and coring the pears, slice them lengthwise about 1/8"
- thick. Don't slice them too thick or the pie won't cook to be soft
- enough, not too thin or the pears will disappear as they cook. (Of
- course, it all depends on the ripeness of the pear and how it feels.)
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- Combine sugar and flour. In large bowl, sprinkle lemon juice over
- sliced pears (but not strawberries if you add them). Toss with
- sugar/flour mixture to coat fruit. Fill 9-inch pastry-lined pie plate
- with pear mixture. Use something deep.
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- Arrange sliced strawberries over pear filling.
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- * 1/2 cup flour
- * 1/2 cup sugar
- * 2 teaspoons ground vanilla bean (or something like Cook's Vanilla
- Powder)
- * 1/4 cup butter
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- In another bowl, combine flour, sugar, and ground vanilla bean. Add
- butter and toss until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle
- vanilla mixture evenly over pear filling.
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- Cover edge of pie with foil. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes. Remove foil
- from edge of pie and bake an additional 25-30 minutes until pie is
- bubbly and crust is golden and you just can't stand how heavenly your
- place smells. :-)
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- Allow to cool completely on wire rack before serving. Think twice
- about having invited all your friends to share in this scruptiousness.
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- I love to noodle with recipes; I've made this sans strawberries and
- adding a wee bit o' cardamom and cinnamon in with the fruit portion.
- Mmmmmm!
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