Pear Pie with Streusel Topping

Subject: Pear Pie with Streusel Topping Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:47 pm

9 inch Pastry Shell (with 1/2 cup chopped fine Almonds, Sprinkled along the bottom)

Filling

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/4 tsp ginger

4 tsp flour

5 ripe Bartlett Pears (2lbs)\

4 tsp lemon juice

1/4 cup light corn syrup

Streusel Topping

2/3 cup sifted all purpose flour

1/3 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed

1/3 cup butter or margarine

Make Streusel Topping

In small bowl, combine flour and sugar

Cut in butter, with pastry blender or 2 knives, until mixture is like coarse cornmeal

Refrigerate until ready to use

Preheat oven to 375

Make Filling

Combine sugar, ginger, and flour, sprinkle about a third of mixture over bottom of pie shell

Peel and core pears, slice thinly into bowl

Arrange half of the pears in shell, top with a third of sugar mixture

Arrange remaining pears top with remaining sugar mixture

Drizzle with lemon juice and corn syrup over top

Cover with Streusel Topping

Bake 40 to 45 minutes, or until pears are tender

Makes 6 servings

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