The Pie Recipes

Ingredients

• 4 quinces, (about 2 lbs.) peeled, core removed, cut into ¼” slices
• 3½ cups water
• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ cup honey
• 1 lemon, cut in half
• 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
• 3 cardamom pods, crushed
• 8 thin slices of peeled fresh ginger
• 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1½ teaspoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon finely minced crystallized ginger
• 10 tablespoons cold butter, cut into ½” pieces
• 1½ oz. Gruyere or Cheddar or combo, shredded finely then frozen
• 3 tablespoons ice cold Hudson Standard Pear Honey Ginger shrub
• 2 cups drained, cooled, poached quince slices
• 2 cups of peeled, cored ripe pears, cut into ¼” slices
• zest and juice from one small lemon
• 1 teaspoon of Pear Honey Ginger shrub
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon fresh ginger, finely grated
• ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
• ½ vanilla bean, split lengthwise, seeds scraped
• egg wash made with one egg and two teaspoons of water