PEAR & GRUYERE CHEESE PIE

PEAR & GRUYERE CHEESE PIE image

Yield 8 slices

Number Of Ingredients 14

Pastry
375g sachet of pastry mix
1 cup of water (packet says 1/2 cup but this was not enough and 1 worked fine)
1/4 cup of white sugar
60g of gruyere cheese, finely grated
Milk to finish/brush on
Filling
1.4 kgs pears, peeled and sliced
1/2 cup of white sugar
3 Tbs of plain flour
Pinch of salt
Zest of 1/2 a lemon
Juice of 1/2 a lemon
1 Tbs of butter

Steps:

1. Empty sachet of pastry mix and sugar into a bowl. Mix to a stiff dough with 1 cup of water and gruyere cheese. 2. Knead lightly, roll onto a floured board to 3mm thick. Stand for 2 mins to allow shrinkage. Press into pie plate. Keep over pastry cut-offs for lattice top. 3. Alternate layers of pears with mix of sugar, flour, salt, lemon zest.* Dot final layer with butter and sprinkle with lemon juice. Add pastry lattice to finsh and brush visible pastry with milk. 4. Bake for 50 minutes at 160 C. After 30 minutes remove pie from oven and cover with foil. Return pie to oven for remaining 20 minutes. *Alternatively, you could add sliced pears to sugar, flour, salt & lemon zest mixture and pour the whole mixture into the pastry-lined pie plate.