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Pear Streusel

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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: 22m
  • Cook: 2h
    • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • FOR THE CRUST
  • 1 pie crust, 9-inch (It must be Pate Brisee, see my Recipe #10958)
  • FOR THE CRANBERRY SAUCE
  • 1 1/2 cups cranberries (fresh or thawed frozen cranberries 6 oz.)
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 whole cinnamon stick
  • FOR THE STREUSEL TOPPING
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup light-brown sugar, packed
  • 3/4 cup oats (old-fashioned oats)
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • Coarse salt
  • 1/2 cup butter, unsalted (1 stick cold butter, cut into small pieces)
  • FOR THE FILLING
  • 1 1/2 pounds pears, fresh (firm, ripe pears, such as Bosc or Bartlett, peeled, cored, and sliced into 1/2-inch wedges)
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • Coarse salt
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/8 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • MAKE THE CRANBERRY SAUCE

  • Step 1: Bring cranberries, granulated sugar, water, and cinnamon stick to a simmer in a pot. Cook until cranberries are tender and start to burst and sauce is thick, about 25 minutes. Discard cinnamon stick. Let cool completely.

  • Step 2: While cranberry sauce is cooking and cooling, make the crust (Recipe #10958)

  • TO MAKE THE CRUST

  • Step 3: Roll out dough to a 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Fit dough into a 9-inch pie plate. Crimp edges. Freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.

  • Step 4: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

  • MAKE THE STREUSEL

  • Step 5: Whisk together flour, brown sugar, oats, ground cinnamon, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cut in butter with a pastry cutter or rub in with your fingers until combined and mixture resembles coarse meal with some large pieces remaining. Refrigerate.

  • MAKE THE FILLING

  • Step 6: Mix together pears, granulated sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, the flour, and lemon juice. Stir in cooled cranberry sauce.

  • Step 7: Transfer filling to the crust; top with streusel. Bake until filling is bubbling in the center and top is golden, about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Let cool.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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