Name: Apple ~ pear pie
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 6 pears - peeled & sliced; 6 apples - peeled & sliced; zest of 1 lemon; juice of ½ lemon; ¾ cup sugar; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 3 tblsps all- purpose flour; 3 tblsp butter; 2 tblsp sugar; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 2 tsp sugar; 1 cup cold butter - cut into pieces; 2 egg yolks

Ingredients

Filling:

6 pears - peeled & sliced
6 apples - peeled & sliced
zest of 1 lemon
juice of ½ lemon
¾ cup sugar
½ tsp ground cinnamon
3 tblsps all- purpose flour
3 tblsp butter
2 tblsp sugar

Crust:

3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp sugar
1 cup cold butter - cut into pieces
2 egg yolks

8 - 10 tblsp cold waterPreparing Crust:

Preparation

Preparation30 min

Cook time1 hour

In a bowl mix flour and sugar.
Cut in butter, pulling 2 table knives through in opposite directions, until crumbly.
Stir in egg yolks with fork.
Sprinkle in water, 1 tblsp at a time, tossing until ball of pastry forms.
Cut ball in half and wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Prepare filling:
Combine all of the ingredients for the filling and set aside.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees:
On a lightly floured surface roll out pastry dough to fit a 10-round pie dish.
Place pastry dough in pie dish and fill with the apple-pear mixture.
Roll out the second dough to fit the top of the pie.
Press down the edges with a fork and place two sets of fork holes in the middle of the pie.
Place in oven for about 1 hour or until pie is golden.