Ginger Pear Pie

Name: Ginger Pear Pie
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ¾ c. sugar; 2 eggs, separated; 1 tsp. grated lemon peel; 3 tblsp. lemon juice; ¾ c. milk; Unbaked 9" pie shell; 2 tblsp. soft butter; 2 tblsp. flour; 3 ripe winter pears; ¼ tsp. salt; ¾ tsp. ginger

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farm Journal's Complete Pie Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1965

About

Elegant! Lemon-and-ginger-flavored fresh pear slices enveloped in pastry

Ingredients

Unbaked 9" pie shell
¾ c. sugar
2 tblsp. flour

Americas
United States
Vegetarian
Pie

Method

Combine c. sugar, 1 tblsp. flour, ginger and salt. Sprinkle in pie shell.
Peel and core pears, slice thinly and lay slices over sugar-flour mixture.
Cream butter; add remaining ½ c. sugar and 1 tblsp. flour. Add egg yolks, lemon peel and juice. Beat thoroughly.
Add milk and mix.
Beat egg whites until stiff. Fold into lemon mixture. P