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Cluck, Muck & Cook

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Apple and Pear Crumble Pie

4 March 4, 2020 Pastry and Pies

Apple and Pear Crumble Pie

Winter Pies

As the nights draw in for winter and we move towards the delicious variety of winter fruits, it is a perfect time to think of comfort foods and pies. Especially with all the lovely variety of apples and pears we have in the UK.

I generally steer clear of cooking apples which disintegrate to a mush when baked and look to use my favourite eating apples and pears such as a Cox, Braeburn, Conference or Williams, which hold up well in cooking.

Sunday roasts in the winter need a good rib sticking dessert. I grew up on crumbles filled with whatever fruit was on hand or being grown in the garden. This is a slight twist on a normal crumble. The deep dish pie crust is filled with a mixture of apples and pears, that are in abundance at the moment. Topped with a buttery and nutty crumble mixture, I use pecans a lot in my baking as I love the sweet nutty taste but walnuts would work just as well. The demerara sugar also gives the crumble the extra crunchy texture.

Apple and Pear Crumble Pie

Mix it up – If you have blackberries to hand swap the raisins out for a lovely alternative.

Recipe originally created for Kitchen Garden Magazine.

Apple and Pear Crumble Pie

Ingredients:

Pastry
225g plain flour
150g butter, chilled
25g icing sugar
1 large free-range egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder.

Crumble Topping
110g plain flour
160g demerara sugar (or soft brown sugar)
90g butter
90g pecans, roughly chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon
Pinch of salt

Fruit Filling
4 large Cox’s apples, peeled, cored, and chopped into thick slices
4 Conference pears, peeled, cored, and chopped into thick slices
½ lemon (Juice only)
100g raisins
100g caster sugar
2 tablespoons cornflour

Instructions:

Pastry
• Sift the flour into a bowl and rub in the butter using your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Or blitz in a food processor. Then mix in the icing sugar and cinnamon.
•Add the egg and 2 tablespoons of cold milk and mix until it forms a dough. Try not to overwork the dough.
•Wrap the ball of dough in cling film and chill For 30 minutes
• Roll the chilled dough into about a 14-inch disk, then line a 9 to 10 inch wide, (2 to 3 inch deep) pie dish.
• Pop back in the fridge and chill for another 30 minutes while you prepare the fruit and crumb topping.

Topping
• Add the flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt to a large bowl and rub in the butter using your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• Then mix in the roughly chopped pecans and pop the bowl in the fridge whilst you prepare the filling.

Filling
• Peel, core and chop up the apples and pears into thick slices. Place into a bowl and add the lemon juice to stop them going brown.
• Mix together the sugar and cornflour and add to the apples and pears .
• Add in the raisins and mix until everything is distributed evenly and the apples and pears are coated with sugar and cornflour.
• Preheat the oven to 190c/170c Fan/ Gas Mark 5.
• Add the filling to the pastry case, then top with the crumble. Heap it up in the middle to get it all on, as the fruit will settle a little when cooked.
• Place into the preheated oven and bake for 1 to 1 ¼ hours or until the crumble topping is golden and the fruit juices are bubbling around the edge.
• Allow to cool to room temperature to get the perfect slice.

Apple and Pear Crumble Pie
 
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Prep time
60 mins
Cook time
75 mins
Total time
2 hours 15 mins
 
Sunday roasts in the winter need a good rib sticking dessert. I grew up on crumbles filled with whatever fruit was on hand or being grown in the garden. This is a slight twist on a normal crumble. The deep dish pie crust is filled with a mixture of apples and pears, that are in abundance at the moment. Topped with a buttery and nutty crumble mixture, I use pecans a lot in my baking as I love the sweet nutty taste but walnuts would work just as well. The demerara sugar also gives the crumble the extra crunchy texture.
Author: CluckMuckCook
Serves: 8 slices
Ingredients
  • Ingredients:
  • Pastry
  • 225g plain flour
  • 150g butter, chilled
  • 25g icing sugar
  • 1 large free-range egg
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder.
  • Crumble Topping
  • 110g plain flour
  • 160g demerara sugar (or soft brown sugar)
  • 90g butter
  • 90g pecans, roughly chopped
  • 1½ teaspoons of ground cinnamon
  • Pinch of salt
  • Fruit Filling
  • 4 large Cox’s apples, peeled, cored, and chopped into thick slices
  • 4 Conference pears, peeled, cored, and chopped into thick slices
  • ½ lemon (Juice only)
  • 100g raisins
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cornflour.
Instructions
  1. Pastry
  2. Sift the flour into a bowl and rub in the butter using your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Or blitz in a food processor. Then mix in the icing sugar and cinnamon.
  3. Add the egg and 2 tablespoons of cold milk and mix until it forms a dough. Try not to overwork the dough.
  4. Wrap the ball of dough in cling film and chill For 30 minutes
  5. Roll the chilled dough into about a 14-inch disk, then line a 9 to 10 inch wide, (2 to 3 inch deep) pie dish.
  6. Pop back in the fridge and chill for another 30 minutes while you prepare the fruit and crumb topping.
  7. Topping
  8. Add the flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt to a large bowl and rub in the butter using your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
  9. Then mix in the roughly chopped pecans and pop the bowl in the fridge whilst you prepare the filling.
  10. Filling
  11. Peel, core and chop up the apples and pears into thick slices. Place into a bowl and add the lemon juice to stop them going brown.
  12. Mix together the sugar and cornflour and add to the apples and pears .
  13. Add in the raisins and mix until everything is distributed evenly and the apples and pears are coated with sugar and cornflour.
  14. Preheat the oven to 190c/170c Fan/ Gas Mark 5.
  15. Add the filling to the pastry case, then top with the crumble. Heap it up in the middle to get it all on, as the fruit will settle a little when cooked.
  16. Place into the preheated oven and bake for 1 to 1 ¼ hours or until the crumble topping is golden and the fruit juices are bubbling around the edge.
  17. Allow to cool to room temperature to get the perfect slice.
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