Recipe ID: 294 Asian Pear Pie With Crumb Topping

ManKitchen

Description

Asian pear tree is loaded again and you can't possibly eat them all one at a time right? SO, MAKE PIE! It's that time of year and we can't just let them fall off the tree and rot! This time I am using a frozen pie crust with a crumb topping. And it's oh so good!

Ingredients:

Filling:

5-6 cups of ripe peeled and sliced Asian pears (mine are little so it took about 20!)
3/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Crumb Topping Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup light-brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 sticks chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

Crumb Topping Directions:

In a bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup light-brown sugar, 1/3 cup granulated sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and cinnamon.
Cut 1 1/2 sticks chilled unsalted butter into small pieces. With your hands, work in butter pieces, until large clumps form.
Freeze leftover mixture in plastic storage bags.

Pie Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees
Place 1 frozen pie crust in the oven and bake 6 minutes and remove from oven and let cool a few minutes.
In a large bowl, gently mix all the filling ingredients and spoon into your pie crust.
Top with crumb mixture (About 1 to 1 1/2 cups)
Cover with foil (a sheet laid over the top) and bake 40 minutes. The foil just keeps your crumbs from burning.
Take the foil off and bake about 5 more minutes to let the crumbs brown.
Cool on a cooling rack for at least 2 hours before serving.

NOTE: You will have extra crumbs that you can freeze and use later as a topping for ice cream or another pie :) Just toast the crumb topping on a baking sheet in a 350-degree oven for approximately15 minutes, and sprinkle over ice cream or fruit.

Enjoy!