Apple ~ pear pie

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

• 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.

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