Fresh Bartlett Pear Food

BARTLETT PEAR CRISP

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients, except the butter, and place into a well buttered casserole dish
• Dot teaspoons of butter on top
• Preheat oven to 350ºF, lining oven with foil, or place a cookie sheet with parchment under the wrack to catch any boiled over bits if your dish isn't deep enough
• Combine flour, sugar, rolled oats and butter. Mix well with fork or fingers and sprinkle over pear slices, leaving cracks for steam to escape (do not press crumbs into slices)
• Bake at 350ºF until golden brown, about 45 - 55 minutes
• Serve warm with vanilla bean ice cream and a sprig of fresh mint from your garden (extra delish with the mint!

BARTLETT PEAR PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Press pie crust pastry into a 9-inch pie dish and refrigerate while preparing filling.
• Beat butter, white sugar, brown sugar, flour, nutmeg, allspice, salt, and cinnamon together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth. Beat eggs, 1 at a time, into butter mixture until incorporated; fold in pears. Pour filling into chilled crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until filling is set in the middle, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool completely before serving, about 1 hour.