Canned Pear Pie with Streusel Topping
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients:
2 cans 15 ounce sliced pears (8 inch pie) or 3 cans 15
ounces sliced pears (9 inch pie)
1/3 cup sugar
3 T -1/3 cup cornstarch (1/3 c makes it really thick)
2 tablespoons butter, (optional)
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Single Pie Crust, unbaked
For the Streusel Topping:
1/4 cup all-purpose
flour (or oat flour)
1/4 cup granulated
sugar
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons unsalted
butter, melted (or oil)
Directions:
Place pie crust in pan and put in the fridge to chill. Preheat
oven to 400 degrees
Mix the streusel topping ingredients and set aside.
Whisk the sugar and cornstarch together in a large saucepan.
Drain the juice from the canned pears into the saucepan and whisk together; set
aside the pears. Add butter, lemon juice and cardamom to pan.
Cook on medium heat stirring constantly until thickened.
Remove from heat, add pears and vanilla and gently stir. Let rest so the pears
are heated through. (If it looks like there is more sauce than is needed you
can skim some off with a spoon.) Sprinkle streusel topping over pie. Place on a
cookie sheet in case the pie boils over.
Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes then turn down oven to
350 degrees and finish baking for 35- 40 minutes until it is golden brown.
