Sour Cream Pear Pie | Erica Robbin
Incredibly decadent.
Happy National Pi Day! Yes, it’s that time of year again to celebrate Pi, as in 3.14159… the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Let’s celebrate with a yummy slice of delicious, homemade pie! It was also announced today that a new world record was achieved, calculating a value at a length of 31 trillion digits!
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Ingredients
- PIE CRUST:
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup cold butter
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup ice water (2 tablespoons more if needed)
- 1 egg, lightly beaten (reserve 1 teaspoon for brushing over pie crust edges) PIE FILLING:
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)
- 1 1/2 cups sour cream
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 5 pears, cored, peeled, diced PIE TOPPING:
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup walnuts, lightly toasted, chopped
Directions
- Mix flour, salt, and butter together using pastry blender or fork.
- Add apple cider vinegar, water, and egg and gently fold (do not knead), roll into ball, cover, and refrigerate for 30 minutes. PIE FILLING:
- Combine sugar, flour, salt, and nutmeg.
- Mix in sour cream, vanilla, and egg.
- Fold in pears. PIE TOPPING:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 C) while preparing topping.
- Mix flour, salt, and butter together using pastry blender or fork.
- Fold in walnuts. ASSEMBLY AND BAKING:
- Roll out dough and press onto bottom of deep dish pie plate, pierce bottom crust with a fork, brush reserved egg whites onto pie crust edges.
- Add filling and cover crust edges with foil.
- Bake for about 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven, remove foil, and sprinkle topping over top.
- Place pie back into oven and cook an additional 20 minutes at an increased temperature of 375 degrees F (190 C) until golden and ensuring crust is baked through.
- Let cool slightly before serving.
PIE CRUST:
I hope you enjoy! Was mathematics one of your favorite subjects in school? I wasn’t so fond about it until I took statistics in college, then I understood the love!
