Amy Vanderbilt's Summer Pear Pie

Total Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 6 cups sliced pared ripe pears
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
• 1 tablespoon butter

Recipe

• 1 prepare your favorite pastry. roll out half of it and line a 9 inch plate. heat oven to hot [425f].
• 2 combine the first ingredients to salt [sugar to salt] mix.
• 3 sprinkle over pears in bowl. toss lightly to coat.
• 4 pour pear mix into pie pan. sprinkle with lemon juice and then peel. add dabs of butter.
• 5 roll out remaining half of pastry. gash with decorative slits. place over pie. trim and seal. flute or crimp edges.
• 6 bake at 40 to 45 minutes or until pastry on top is golden and done. serve slightly warm [vanilla ice cream anyone or as amy recommends a very good cheese?]
• 7 makes six servings.