Deep-Dish Pear and Mincemeat Pie

Name: Deep-Dish Pear and Mincemeat Pie
Ingredients: 1½ c. prepared mincemeat; 1 tblsp. lemon juice; 1 tblsp. flour; ¼ tsp. salt; 2 tblsp. butter; ¼ c. sugar; 4 large pears (3 c. sliced); Cheese Pastry

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Cheese pastry tops mincemeat and pears in this unforgettable dessert

Ingredients

Cheese Pastry
4 large pears (3 c. sliced)
¼ c. sugar

Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Arrange pear slices in bottom of an 8" square baking dish. Combine sugar, flour and salt; sprinkle over pears. Cover with mincemeat; sprinkle with lemon juice and dot with butter.
Roll out Cheese Pastry to fit top of fruit in dish. Place on fruit. Crimp edges and cut vents for steam to escape. Bake in hot oven (425°) 35 to 40 minutes. Serve warm.