Pear Pie With Streusel Topping
Source of Recipe
Macklinda
List of Ingredients
Pear Pie With Streusel Topping
Almond Pastry
1 cup sifted all purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup ground blanched almonds
1/3 cup shortening
2 or 3 Tablespoons ice water
1 egg white, slightly beaten
Streusel topping
2/3 cup sifted all purpose flour
1/3 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
1/3 cup ground blanched almonds
½ teaspoon almond extract
1/3 cup butter or margarine
Filling
5 fresh Bartlett pears (2 to 2½ lb.)
4 teaspoons lemon juice
½ cup unsifted all purpose flour
¾ cup granulated sugar
¼ teaspoon ginger
Dash of salt
Recipe
1. Make almond pastry. Sift flour with salt into medium bowl. Stir in almonds.
2. Using pastry blender, or 2 knives, cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
3. Sprinkle ice water gradually over mixture, tossing with fork until mixture is dampened. Shape into a ball. Roll between 2 half sheets of waxed paper into an 11 inch circle.
4, Fit pastry carefully into a 9- inch pie plate. Fold edge under, press into an upright rim; crimp decoratively.
5. Brush inside of shell with egg white. Refrigerate until ready to use.
6. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
7. Make Streusel topping. In medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, almonds and almond extract.
8. Cut in butter with pastry blender, or 2 knives, until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Refrigerate until ready to use.
9. Make filling: Pare pears; core; slice thinly, toss with lemon juice.
10. Combine flour, sugar, ginger, and salt. Add to pears, tossing lightly to combine.
11. Turn pears into pie shell top with Streusel topping. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until topping is golden and pears are tender
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