I find it difficult to branch out from chocolate when making dessert. It's not that I don't appreciate the endless assortment of dessert varieties available, it's that I am such a chocoholic I'm always worried I will be disappointed.
This week, I knew I was going to have branch out. I had a bag of D'Anjou pears on hand that I needed to do something with before they passed their prime. I turned to my trusty library of cookbooks and came across this extremely simple recipe. The most time consuming part is prepping the pears. After you have completed that process, this pie will be finished in no time.
Pear Custard Pie
Adapted from Everyday Food
1/4 cup melted butter
6 small D'Anjou pears, peeled, halved and cored
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
2 t vanilla bean paste
3 eggs
3/4 cup milk
1/4 t salt
Preheat oven to 350*
Butter a 9" pie dish. Slice pears thinly and place in the pie dish in an overlapping circle. Pulse remaining ingredients in a blender to create a batter. Pour the batter into the pie dish gently as to not disturb the pear slices. Bake for 45 minutes until golden and firm to the touch. Dust with some powdered sugar if desired and enjoy!
This sounds simple and tasty (and not extremely heavy)! Perfect for dinner guests!
ReplyDeleteOh man this looks good. I love that it is so simple to prepare but looks like you spent hours on it!
ReplyDeleteI loved anything involving baked pears! This actually sounds very simple and elegant.
ReplyDeleteI like how the pears don't have to be cooked beforehand. Whenever I make apple pie, I always cook the apples beforehand, and it makes the waiting all the more difficult :).
ReplyDeleteI am going to buy pears today! This dessert looks fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThe nice thing about branching out, is that you can always come back to chocolate ;-) This dessert looks delicious though.
ReplyDeletei bet chocolate could go with pears :) how about roasted with a chocolate sauce??
ReplyDeletethis reminds me of a recipe I have and adore for a custardy apple cake. I am a chocoholic too, but fruit desserts like this one are my favorite!
ReplyDeleteI think this just made me change my mind about pears. Yum!
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ReplyDeleteThis sounds really good and very, very comforting! Pears are good with custard, although I haven't tasted this combination for years.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great fall version of clafoutis. Mmmmm... clafoutis.
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