Ned And Chucks Perfect Pear Pie Recipes

FRESH PEAR PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Place a baking sheet on the bottom oven rack.
• Combine sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, and lemon zest in mixing bowl. Roll out half the pastry and line a 9-inch pie pan.
• Arrange pear slices in layers in the pastry-lined pan, sprinkling the sugar mixture over each layer. Dot with butter and sprinkle with lemon juice.
• Roll out remaining dough for the top crust. Use your finger dipped in a small bowl of water to moisten the rim of the bottom crust. Place top crust over filling, and trim edge using kitchen shears or a sharp paring knife. Fold edge under bottom crust, pressing to seal. Flute edge. Cut slits in top crust to allow steam to escape.
• Bake in the preheated oven on the baking sheet for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and bake until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly, 35 to 40 minutes longer. Allow to cool several hours before serving.

CHEDDAR PEAR PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the pears, sugar, cornstarch and salt; toss gently to coat. Pour into pie shell. , For topping, combine the cheese, flour, sugar and salt; stir in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over filling. , Bake at 425° for 25-35 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted. Cool on a wire rack for 15-20. Serve warm. Store in the refrigerator.

NED AND CHUCK'S PERFECT PEAR PIE

Steps:

• In a food processor, pulse together the flour and the salt. Add the butter. Pulse until mostly crumbly, with some large pieces. With machine running, add 4 tablespoons of the water. Process until dough just holds together. If it is too dry, add remaining water, as needed. Dough should not be wet. Turn dough out onto plastic wrap. Divide in half. Press each half together into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate one hour, or overnight.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out one disk of the dough to a 12-inch circle. Brush off excess flour. Fit dough into a 9-inch pie dish. Press the edges down around the inside. Trim dough to a half inch over the dish. Roll our remaining disk of dough. Transfer disk to parchment-lined baking sheet. Chill pie shellnand disk of dough. If desired, rolln the remaining dough scrapes into a thin disk. Cut out shapes with a small leaf cutter. Chill the leaves on the baking sheet with the disk of dough.
• In a large bowl combine the pecans, cinnamon, salt, sugar, cranberries, pears, butter, and tapioca. Toss well. Transfer the mixture to the cold pie shell.
• Whisk the egg with 2 teaspoons of water. Brush the egg glaze around the rim of the dough. Transfer the cold disk of dough on top, press down gently. Press the top and bottom pieces of dough together, around the rim. Trim the top dough with scissors to about 1"-inch. Fold it under. Crimp the edge of the pie as desired.
• Brush the surface and edges of the pie with the egg wash. Make 3 slits in the top for steam to escape. If using, apply the cold leaves to the top of the pie with the egg wash. Sprinkle sanding sugar over the top if desired. Freeze the pie for 30 minutes to firm up the butter. Heat the oven to 400, with a rack in the lower third.
• Bake until the crust begins to brown, about 20 minutes. Reduce heat to 350. Continue to bake until crust is richly golden brown, rotating as needed, 40-55 minutes. Transfer pie to a wire cooling rack. Cut when cool. Pie may be kept at room temperature up to 2 days, lightly covered with plastic wrap.

PEAR HAND PIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F In a medium sized bowl, combine sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, and lemon zest. Mix well Add diced pears to sugar mixture and mix gently until well coated. Roll pie crust out. Using a bowl as a pattern that is approximately 4 - 5 inches in diameter, cut out round circles for your hand pies. Reroll excess dough to create more crusts. Place crusts onto a lined baking sheet. Place a small amount of pears in the center of one cut pie crust - leaving approximately 1/2 inch space around sides. Dot pear mixture with a small amount of butter. Sprinkle with few drops of lemon juice. In a small bowl beat egg with 1 tablespoon of water. Brush egg around the edge of the circle. This will act as a glue. Fold circle in half enclosing the pear filling. Crimp edges with a fork to ensure a good seal. Brush egg mixture on top of each hand pie. Slice slits on top and dust with course sugar if desired. Place on a lined cookie sheet. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden.