Pear Pie

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This pear pie is the perfect way to embrace a lesser loved fall and winter fruit! Let’s face it, we all go crazy for pumpkins and apples, but pears are left in the dust by everyone.

For some more tasty pie recipes, why not try this recipe for Lemon Meringue Pie, or a Pineapple Cream Cheese Pie?

Pear Pie

This recipe for pear pie is a great example of something that is greater than the sum of its parts. By mixing together some hopefully high-quality pears with some spices the natural sweetness of the pears is accentuated by the intensity of spices and you get to enjoy an even deeper layer of flavor than you would otherwise.

Other than that, this is a very simple recipe that can be adapted and changed as you like it – feel free to use totally different spices and seasonings to make a completely different dish.

Pear Pie Ingredients

See the recipe card at the bottom for the exact ingredient list, so you know how much to buy.

• Pears, preferably organic
• Cornstarch
• Cinnamon
• Cloves
• Ginger
• Spiced rum
• Butter
• Pie crust

How To Make Pear Pie

• Slice the pears into half centime thickness
• Toss the pears with sugar, cornstarch, spices, and rum if desired
• Lay the coated pears in layers on a prepared pie crust
• Cover the pears with the leftover liquid and dot with pieces of butter
• Top with a lattice crust or bake uncovered
• Bake at 425 Fahrenheit for 15 minutes, then 50 minutes at 350 Fahrenheit
• If the edges begin to brown, cover it with foil
• Bake until browned and set, then remove and cool on a baking rack

Add Spiced Rum for a Little Zing!

Fruit and liquor are an age-old combination for a reason. The right liquor can make any fruit infinitely more delicious. Whether to act as a contrasting or complementary flavor, some tasty, hopefully not too expensive liquor paired with fruit will make a really delicious pie.

Spiced rum really takes this pie over the top, but it’s a delightful pie without as well!

How To Make A Lattice Crust For The Top

One of the best parts of making a pie at home is choosing how to decorate it yourself.

The best way to decorate this pie is to make a simple lattice pastry topping. However, lattice crusts always look exceptionally difficult in the picture, so how do you do it yourself?

However, lattice crusts are actually really easy to make yourself. You just need to take any leftover pastry crust that you didn’t use to make the pastry crust and roll it out into a thin layer.

Using a pastry cutter, or even a pizza cutter, slice the pastry into thin strips and gently coat them in flour to stop them from sticking.

You can then adorn your pie using these strips in an interlocking pattern. It is a bit difficult to imagine if you haven’t done it before, but to make the lattice pattern; you just need to lay them on top of each other, one after the other.

Basically, just lay some strips down in one direction, then rotate the pie 90 degrees, and lay another layer of strips to create a loose lattice pattern.

How To Make Sure You Don’t Burn The Edges Of Your Pie.

It is probably the worst part of baking a pie; you have done all the work necessary to get your pie ready and in the oven, but the crust has started to cook and brown before the filling is set?

What do you do?

The best way to avoid accidentally burning your pie crust before your filling is cooked is to be careful and mindful of the temperature you are cooking the pie at. While most pie recipes will start the oven temperature at a higher temp for a little while and then turn it down if you find your oven is burning your crusts, keep the temp a bit lower.

If it is already too late, though, you can certainly still save your pie crust. Take a small amount of kitchen foil and wrap it around your pie crust. This will stop the crust from continuing to brown while still letting your pie filling cook properly.

Looking for more tasty Pie recipes? Try these out:

• Old Fashioned Banana Cream Pie Recipe
• Flapper Pie- The Lost Prairie Pie
• Retro Coconut Impossible Pie 

Enjoy!

Love,

Karlynn

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