Today's deliciousness

[sabotabby]

Here's a recipe for you. I found it tricky, and I don't think I could have accomplished it on my own, a) because there wasn't really a recipe, and b) because sometimes you slice your finger open peeling pears and someone needs to take over. Also, it's long and fiddly and the time goes by better with friends.

Also, it is delicious, and you should share that kind of thing.

Anyway, I don't know if this kind of thing has a name. Let's call it Reverse Pie.





Here's what you need:

Crust
2 1/2 cups flour
1 cup shortening
1/4 tsp salt
6 tbsp cold water
1 tbsp vinegar and an egg (optional; we didn't need them)

Pears
A bunch of large pears

Caramel sauce
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 tbsp butter
3-4 tbsp milk

How you do it:

Make the dough. Dry ingredients go in a bowl, cut in shortening, add the water until it becomes a lump. If it doesn't become a lump, that's when you use egg and vinegar, but we didn't need to. Stick the lump in cling wrap and toss it in the freezer while you do the other stuff.

Peel the pears and core them. This is the troublesome bit. If you have a corer and you're not klutzy like me it will go much easier. Cut off the tops of the pears to use as lids.

Make the caramel sauce by dumping everything into a saucepan and stirring until it is brown and delicious. This is probably a good time to take out the lump of dough.

Pour the caramel sauce into the gutted pears.

Roll out the dough and wrap it around the pears. Bake at 375° until slightly golden. Eat piping hot. Fuck yeah!

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

chocolate melty! I think cocoa dusted on the pastry would be nice, too.