Deep-Dish Pear-Mincemeat Pie

Name: Deep-Dish Pear-Mincemeat Pie
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 tblsp. lemon juice; 1½ c. prepared mincemeat; 2 tblsp. butter; 1 tblsp. flour; ¼ tsp. salt; ¼ c. sugar; 4 large pears (3 c. sliced); Cheese Pastry for 1-crust pie

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farm Journal's Complete Pie Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1965

About

Bake this juicy pie with cheese crust on a frosty day—enjoy compliments

Ingredients

Cheese Pastry for 1-crust pie
4 large pears (3 c. sliced)
¼

Americas
United States
Pie

Method

Arrange pear slices in bottom of 8" X 8" X 2" baking dish. Combine sugar, flour and salt; sprinkle over pears. Cover with mincemeat, sprinkle with lemon juice and dot with butter.
Roll pastry about 1" larger than top of baking dish. Place pastry on fruit. Fold a little of the pastry under; crimp edges and cut slits.
Bake