Alex's Mum's Pear Pie
Every son should have a Mum who can cook a good fruit pie and Alex's does a really rather splendid pear one. She's been good enough to let us in on the recipe.
You will need:
Cooking instructions
1. Sift the flours and salt into a large bowl 2. Add the sugar, butter, grated walnuts, egg yolk vanilla + 1tblsp water 3. Work the mixture to a soft dough and chill in the fridge for 20 minutes or so. 4. Line a 9" dish with the chilled pastry and sprinkle with 1 tbsp semolina 5. Combine the remaining semolina with the demerara sugar, orange juice and rind. 6. Peel and core the pears, reserve 6 halves and chop the remainder. 7. Put the chopped pears into the pastry base and arrange halves on top 8. Add the orange/semolina mixture and top with remaining pastry 9. Bake at 200 C for 50-60 minutes 10. Serve with good quality ice cream (especially home made marmalade and orange flower). Mumsy note found at the bottom of Alex's school bag: "I find it can be a bit of a stretch with the pastry and usually make a little bit more. Also it browns quite quickly so you may need to cover with foil after 30 min or so. The pastry can also be used for a pear or apple tarte tatin. Love Mum
P.S. don't forget to do your homework xxx"
