Indulge in the delightful flavors of a classic dessert with a modern twist: the No-Pan Pear Pie. This innovative recipe offers a unique and convenient way to enjoy the timeless combination of sweet pears and flaky crust. Suitable for both seasoned bakers and beginners, this pie requires minimal equipment and effort, making it an ideal treat for any occasion.
Within this comprehensive guide, you'll find a collection of No-Pan Pear Pie recipes that cater to diverse dietary preferences and tastes. From the traditional All-Butter Crust Pear Pie to the healthier Whole Wheat Pear Pie and the indulgent Chocolate Pear Pie, there's a recipe for every palate. For those with gluten sensitivities, the Gluten-Free Pear Pie offers a delicious alternative, while the Vegan Pear Pie caters to plant-based diets.
Each recipe is meticulously crafted with step-by-step instructions, ensuring success even for novice bakers. Detailed ingredient lists, helpful tips, and vibrant photos guide you through the process of creating a perfect No-Pan Pear Pie. Whether you prefer a classic rendition or a more adventurous flavor combination, this collection has something for everyone.
So, gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and embark on a delightful baking journey. Discover the ease and satisfaction of making a No-Pan Pear Pie, and treat yourself and your loved ones to a delectable dessert that combines nostalgia and innovation.
NO-PAN PEAR PIE
A flaky, golden free-form crust stuffed with pears, blueberries, and balsamic vinegar.One of the things I dislike about pie-making is the actual pie pan or dish. So I say, get rid of the pan altogether. The French do it all the time and when they do, they call it a galette, a wide-ranging term that covers any sweet or savory free-form tart. Oh, and the best thing about a galette? More crust. You'll notice that the butter in the dough takes two forms: room temperature and chilled. Why? Because the fat has two very specific jobs in the dough. A small amount of butter will be fully homogenized into the flour. By coating the flour particles, the fat will limit the development of gluten, thus creating a relatively tender crust. When rolled, the cold pieces will turn into very thin flakes of fat, which will melt during baking. As this butter melts, striations will form in the dough, creating flakiness.Both U.S. standard and metric measurements are listed, but for consistently delicious results, go metric. This recipe appeared in Season 2 of Good Eats.Photo by Lynne Calamia
Provided by Sarah Chanin
Categories Sweets
Time 1h45m
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Pulse the flour, cornmeal, sugar, and salt in a food processor to combine. Add the room temperature butter and pulse until the fat completely disappears into the dry ingredients.
- Add half of the chilled butter and pulse until the flour mixture resembles pea-sized crumbs, about 18 pulses. Add the rest of the chilled butter and pulse 3 to 4 more times.
- Transfer this mixture to a medium-size mixing bowl, and spritz with just enough juice to moisten the surface. Mix with a rubber spatula. Continue spritzing and mixing until a handful of dough, when squeezed, remains compressed - you might not use all the juice. When you've got good adhesion, gather the dough into a round disk, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 20 minutes so that the flour can absorb the moisture.
- Heat a 12-inch nonstick pan over medium heat. Add the pears and toss for 2 minutes. Add the vinegar and continue tossing for another 30 seconds. Sprinkle with the sugar, and cook until the pears have softened, about 2 minutes.
- Kill the heat and add the nutmeg, cinnamon, and butter. When the butter has melted, fold in the blueberries. Sprinkle in the 1 teaspoon flour and stir to combine. Cool to room temperature.
- Crank the hot box to 400°F.
- Place the dough on a floured piece of parchment and roll it out to a 1/4-inch thick disk, rolling the pin from the center out, turning the dough on the paper every few seconds to maintain evenness. Use a pizza cutter to cut the dough into a circle with a uniform edge, then transfer, still on the parchment, to an inverted half-sheet pan.
- Place the pound cake in the middle of the dough, leaving about a 3-inch margin all the way around. Spoon the pear filling over the cake cubes and top with the cubed butter. Lift the edges of the dough circle and fold over toward the middle, working clockwise. Brush the crust with the egg wash and sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake until the filling bubbles and the crust is golden brown and delicious, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from the oven, carefully slide off the sheet pan onto a wire rack, and cool completely before serving.
FRESH PEAR PIE
This is quite a refreshing dessert. Serve plain, or with whipped cream or ice cream.
Provided by Carol
Categories Desserts Pies Fruit Pie Recipes Pear Pie Recipes
Time 5h30m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Place a baking sheet on the bottom oven rack.
- Combine sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, and lemon zest in mixing bowl. Roll out half the pastry and line a 9-inch pie pan.
- Arrange pear slices in layers in the pastry-lined pan, sprinkling the sugar mixture over each layer. Dot with butter and sprinkle with lemon juice.
- Roll out remaining dough for the top crust. Use your finger dipped in a small bowl of water to moisten the rim of the bottom crust. Place top crust over filling, and trim edge using kitchen shears or a sharp paring knife. Fold edge under bottom crust, pressing to seal. Flute edge. Cut slits in top crust to allow steam to escape.
- Bake in the preheated oven on the baking sheet for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and bake until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly, 35 to 40 minutes longer. Allow to cool several hours before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 360.3 calories, Carbohydrate 51.6 g, Cholesterol 3.8 mg, Fat 16.5 g, Fiber 5.1 g, Protein 3.5 g, SaturatedFat 4.6 g, Sodium 317.8 mg, Sugar 22.7 g
PEAR PIE
Apple pie is delicious but have you ever tasted Pear Pie? It's like apple pie, only better. Dripping with cinnamon and sugar and wrapped in a buttery, flaky crust, this pear pie is all you are ever going to look for in a pie. I promise!
Provided by Janelle
Time 5h
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450*F
- Spray a deep dish pie pan with nonstick spray.
- In a medium sized bowl, combine sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon and lemon zest. Mix well.
- Toss pealed and chopped pears into sugar mixture until well coated.
- Line a deep dish pie plate with single crust.
- Place pear mixture into pie crust.
- Dot with butter & lemon juice.
- Top with second pie crust and seal edges.
- Cut slits on the top
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350*F and bake for an additional 35 - 40 minutes or until crust is golden.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 335 calories, Carbohydrate 51 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 8 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 14 grams fat, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 3 grams protein, SaturatedFat 5 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 1, Sodium 336 grams sodium, Sugar 23 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 8 grams unsaturated fat
NO PAN PEAR PIE
Skip the pan and a baking sheet to create a beautiful tart packed with pound cake, blueberries and Anjou pears.
Provided by Alton Brown
Categories bake,berries,dessert,eggs and dairy,fruit,pastry
Time 1h
Yield 1 serving
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Heat oven to 400ºF.
- In a food processor, combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, and salt. Pulse to combine. Place dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and put the bowl into the refrigerator. Remove 1/2 stick of butter from the refrigerator and allow it to come to room temperature. In a food processor, add the 1/2 stick of butter to the flour mixture. Pulse until the fat completely disappears. Add the remaining 1 1/2 sticks butter in separate batches. Pulse until flour mixture resembles the size of a pea.
- Combine the apple juice concentrate and the cold water. Using a spray bottle, spritz the dough with the apple juice mixture while folding the mixture with a spatula. After about three tablespoons of the liquid, check the dough for consistency. It should hold together when compressed but remain relatively dry to the touch. If it does not bind, add a little more water. Remove from the processor and form the dough into a ball. Wrap the dough in wax paper or parchment paper and rest in refrigerator for 20 minutes.
- Heat a cast iron skillet over medium heat. Add pears to the pan and toss for 2 minutes. Add the balsamic vinegar and continue to toss for 30 seconds. Add sugar and cook until the pears have softened. Add the nutmeg, cinnamon, and the butter and melt slowly. Fold in the blueberries. Remove from heat. Sprinkle on the flour and combine well. Allow to cool to room temperature.
- Place dough on a floured piece of parchment and roll out to a 1/4-inch thick disk. Transfer to a baking sheet. Place cubed pound cake in the middle of the dough, leaving a 3-inch margin of crust on all sides. Spoon filling over the cake cubes and top the pears with 1 ounce of cubed butter. Lift excess crust onto filling and repeat in a clockwise fashion until a top lip has formed around the edge of the whole tart. Brush the tart with the egg wash and sprinkle the crust with the sugar.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until the filling begins to bubble and the crust is golden brown.
- Remove from the sheet pan immediately and cool on pie rack.
LATTICE-TOPPED PEAR SLAB PIE
A lattice top serves as a charming frame for this special holiday dessert filled with fresh pears and candied fruit. Add a dollop of whipped cream if you like. -Johnna Johnson, Scottsdale, Arizona
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h10m
Yield 2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a small bowl, beat butter, cream cheese, sugar and salt until blended. Gradually beat in flour. Divide dough in 2 portions so that 1 portion is slightly larger than the other. Shape each into a rectangle; wrap and refrigerate 1 hour or overnight., Preheat oven to 350°. For filling, in a large bowl, combine sugar, flour and lemon zest. Add pears and candied fruit; toss to coat., On a lightly floured surface, roll out larger portion of dough into an 18x13-in. rectangle. Transfer to a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of pan; add filling., Roll out remaining dough to a 1/8-in.-thick rectangle; cut into 1/2-in.-wide strips. Arrange over filling in a lattice pattern. Trim and seal strips to edge of bottom pastry. Brush pastry with milk; sprinkle with coarse sugar., Bake 40-45 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 239 calories, Fat 11g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 30mg cholesterol, Sodium 151mg sodium, Carbohydrate 35g carbohydrate (21g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 2g protein.
JAYNE'S PEACH-PEAR PIE
This pie is my own creation and always draws compliments whenever I make it. I like to serve it cold with vanilla ice cream. I've been collecting recipes since I was a teen and enjoy changing them to suit my family's tastes.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h15m
Yield 6-8 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- In a bowl, sprinkle the peaches and pears with lemon juice. Combine the sugars, cornstarch, cinnamon and allspice. Add to fruit, toss gently to coat. Pour into pastry shell., For topping, combine the flour, sugars, cinnamon and nutmeg in a small bowl; cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Stir in walnuts. Sprinkle over filling. Cover edges loosely with foil. Bake at 375° for 1 hour or until bubbly. Cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 399 calories, Fat 16g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 20mg cholesterol, Sodium 164mg sodium, Carbohydrate 63g carbohydrate (37g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
Tips:
- Prep your pears: Peel, core, and slice your pears evenly for a uniform bake and a more aesthetically pleasing pie.
- Don't overcrowd the filling: Leave some space between the pear slices in the pie dish to allow for even cooking and to prevent the filling from becoming too mushy.
- Use a deep-dish pie plate: This will ensure that you have enough space for the filling and crust, and it will also help to prevent the pie from bubbling over.
- Don't overmix the crust: Overworking the dough will make it tough. Just mix until the ingredients are combined and then form it into a ball.
- Chill the dough before baking: This will help to prevent the crust from shrinking and will also make it easier to handle.
- Brush the crust with milk: This will help it to brown beautifully in the oven.
- Bake the pie at a high temperature: This will help to create a crispy crust and prevent the filling from becoming too runny.
- Let the pie cool before serving: This will allow the filling to set and will make the pie easier to slice.
Conclusion:
This No-Pan Pear Pie is a delicious and easy-to-make dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With its flaky crust and sweet, juicy filling, this pie is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it. So next time you're looking for a special treat, give this recipe a try. You won't be disappointed!
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