Pear Chocolate pie
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄3 cup cold butter
- 2 -3 tablespoons cold water
- 5 tablespoons sugar
- 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 cup heavy cream
- 3 sweet pears, cored and sliced
- 5 tablespoons sugar
- 1 cup water
directions
- Heat oven to 400°F (205°C).
- Combine flour, 5 tbs sugar and salt in large bowl; cut in butter and work until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Stir in enough water with fork just until flour is moistened.
- Shape dough into ball; flatten slightly.
- Roll out ball of dough on lightly floured surface into 12-inch circle.
- Fold into quarters.
- Place dough into 9-inch pie pan; unfold, pressing firmly against bottom and sides.
- Trim crust to 1/2 inch from edge of pan.
- Crimp or flute edge.
- Fill unbaked pie crust with dry beans and cook in preheated oven for 15-20 min or until done.
- Bring cream to a boil and mix in chopped chocolate.
- Stir until chocolate melted and the mixture smooth.
- Add vanilla extract.
- Bring water and 5 tbs sugar to a boil and add pears.
- Let simmer for 10 minutes.
- Slice pears.
- Line the bottom of pie with pears, cover with chocolate cream.
- Let cool completely before serving.
- Note: with the remaining pastry dough you could shape leavs or hearts to decorate the finished pie.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Manuela
Milano
I'm an environmental engineering and i love cooking, expecially desserts.
I hope you'll enjoy my recipes althaugh sometimes Italian taste is somhow different from American classic recipes.