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VANILLA BEAN PEAR PIE

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

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.

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.

Arrange sliced strawberries over pear filling.


1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons ground vanilla bean (or something like Cook's Vanilla powder)
1/4 cup butter

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.

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.

Allow to cool completely on wire rack before serving. 

Printable version: vanilla-pear.txt.