Honeyed Cream Cheese Pear Pie - Baking At Home

Ingredients

• CRUST
• Double crust
• 1 tsp. Spice Islands® Ground Cardamom
• CHEESE LAYER
• 1 (8 oz.) pkg. Neufchatel cheese (lighter cream cheese)
• 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp. Spice Islands® Lemon Peel
• 1/4 C. plus 2 Tbsp. powdered sugar
• FILLING
• 1/2 C. honey
• 3 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 1/2 C. raisins
• 1 tsp. grated lemon peel
• 5 medium or 4 large firm, peeled, D’Anjou or Bartlett pears
• 1/2 C. sugar
• 6 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
• 3/4 tsp. Spice Islands® Ground Ginger
• 1/4 tsp. salt