Almond-Topped Pear Pie Recipe - Cooking Index

Ingredients

• 3 teaspoons 15ml Cornstarch
• 1/8 teaspoon 0.6ml Salt
• 2 teaspoons 10ml Butter or margarine
• 1/2 teaspoon 2.5ml Lemon rind - grated
• 4 Pears; medium - *
• 1 cup 62g / 2.2oz Flour - unbleached
• 1/4 teaspoon 1.3ml Ginger - ground
• 1/4 teaspoon 1.3ml Almonds - coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup 46g / 1.6oz Ginger - ground
• 1 teaspoon 5ml Corn syrup - dark karo
• 1 Pie shell - unbaked 9-inch
• 1/2 cup 80g / 2.8oz Brown sugar - firmly packed
• 1/2 cup 99g / 3.5oz Butter or margarine