January 20, 2005

Purest pear pie

Argh. This one was trying to do me in.

OK, I guess my first mistake was not getting the butter cut all the way into the flour. It was a very, very moist dough and it refused to come off the parchment paper I was rolling it on. It was ridiculously moist in places -- places where the butter was still visible. So that was a nightmare.

Then when the timer rang it completely failed to register for me, and the pie overcooked. It came out only slightly burnt, though.

That said, this purely pear pie -- no spices at all -- turned out rather tasty and good, if you forget about the burnt bits. The filling was very nice. (And allegedly it will fill out in flavor over the next few days.)

Posted by chris at January 20, 2005 12:26 AM