PEAR-GINGER PIE

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You can thank Kathy Knapp for bringing pie back to Pie Town, New Mexico. She and her mother found the nearly deserted town during a road trip in 1995. A "for sale" sign on an old trading post read, "There used to be pie. Ain't no more." They bought the place and opened Pie-O-Neer.

Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 2h30m

Yield 8 to 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 18

1 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1/8 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon fine salt
2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1 tablespoon lard
1 large egg yolk
1/4 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
5 or 6 firm ripe pears (such as Bosc), peeled and sliced (about 5 cups)
Grated zest of 1 lemon, plus 1 tablespoonfresh lemon juice
1 1-inch piece ginger, peeled and finely chopped
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons orange marmalade
For the topping:
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
5 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

Steps:

  • Make the crust: Sift the flour, baking powder and fine salt into a large bowl. Cut in the butter and lard with a pastry blender or your fingers until the mixture looks like coarse meal with pea-size bits of butter. Beat the egg yolk, vinegar and 1 1/2 tablespoons cold water in a liquid measuring cup with a fork. Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and gently stir with a fork until just moistened. Gently gather into a ball, then shape into a disk on a lightly floured surface. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
  • Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Roll out the dough into a 12-inch round on a lightly floured surface. Ease into a 9-inch pie plate. Fold the overhanging dough under itself and crimp the edge with your fingers; set aside.
  • Make the filling: Gently toss the pears with the lemon zest, lemon juice, ginger and flour in a bowl. Spread the marmalade on the bottom of the pie crust. Add the pear mixture, keeping the pears as flat as possible.
  • Make the topping: Combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon and kosher salt in a medium bowl. Using a pastry blender or your fingers, work the butter into the flour mixture until fine crumbs form. Scatter the topping over the filling and gently pat down.
  • Bake the pie 20 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and bake until the topping is lightly browned and the filling is bubbling, about 40 more minutes (cover with foil if the topping is browning too quickly). Transfer to a rack and let cool completely.

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