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No Pan Pear Pie Recipe

No Pan Pear Pie

Alton Brown

Recipe courtesy of Alton Brown

Show: Good EatsEpisode: Crust Never Sleeps

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  • on March 25, 2012

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    Delicious and the filling is out of this world, got great reviews. Thanks AB

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  • on November 27, 2011

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    Dear Alton, or anyone else out there....

    I saw "Crust Never Sleeps" a few weeks ago and couldn't wait to try it out, so I decided to use the crust portion of the recipe for my pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving. In the end, it was the best pie crust EVER. But getting there was frustrating. I had to add a good bit more water and do a good bit more mixing than the instructions called for to get anything more than a large pile of crumbly flour. The video seemed to show the crumbly stuff going into the fridge, only to emerge 20 minutes later as pie crust, but it just didn't happen that way for me. Like I said, this ended up being a great recipe nonetheless, but if I'm unnecessarily complicating something I'd love to hear about it!

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  • on December 26, 2010

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    Wow! This was amazing! One of the best pies I've ever made. The filling is to die for. I think Alton complicates things a bit, but I think that's part of his schtick. Like instead of doing the apple juice concentrate thing I just used ice cold apple juice. I didn't use a spray bottle for it either. And the crust came out great. I used Sara lee frozen pound cake and I mixed cinnamon and sugar to sprinkle on top. It was delicious with some vanilla bean ice cream for Christmas dessert. So awesome! The best thing I ate all day. Even better than my aunt's tamales - and that's saying something!

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  • on December 15, 2009

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    Not only was watching this episode very entertaining (my family loved the puppets, but the pie came out awesome and very tasty. I sub the blue berries for blackberries because my husband wanted blackberries, and it still tasted very tasty. I also recommended this to all of my friends and family and they feel in love with it.

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  • on November 17, 2009

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    I was watching this show with my girlfriend (now wife at her folks house. She just had surgery. She wanted it and I made it. First time making a dough from scratch. Worked out great. The family loved it, and loved me for making it. Alton you brought my wife and I together forever because of this pie!! You rock, and the recipe is great as well.

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  • on November 11, 2009

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    The balance of sweetness of the filling provided by the balsamic vinegar is wonderful.
    I substituted raw sugar for refined white-same measurements.

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  • on October 22, 2009

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    I am a young cook and have a recipe for 1 pie already but that one does not call for Cornmeal. I don't have cornmeal and was wondering if there was another way to cook it without or maybe with a substitute? also, instead of pear/blueberries filling i was going to use pumpkin pie filling.

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  • on November 17, 2007

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    I have been making this recipe for about 4 years now. People say "can you bring that pear tart-thing?". I love this recipe. Very easy... especially if you use store bought crusts... they also look perfect every time. YUMMY!

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  • on August 03, 2007

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    This is a really great filling, but I agree that you need to make more. Personally, I found the pound cake addition to be unnecessary and you could almost double the filling amount. As for the crust, it is also a great recipe. I needed quite a bit more liquid, and also removed the spritzer method and just pulsed the dough in my food processor until it barely stuck together. You have to be careful that you don't add too much liquid, though! Just because of personal tastes, I cut down the sugar...almost by half. I love this pie!!

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  • on April 10, 2007

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    If you like pears and blueberries. This recipe is great. It was tough to make the crust the first time I tried it, so the next time I used a store bought crust. That's what I've used ever since (Although the crust in this recipe had a more homemade taste. If you have the time, make the crust. If you just want a quick delicious pie, use the store bought crust.
    ENJOY!!!!

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