Chocolate Pear Hand Pies

Name: Chocolate Pear Hand Pies
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tsp sea salt; 1 tbsp sugar; 1 cup butter (straight from the fridge, cut into 1-inch pieces); 1 cup cold water; 1/4 cup vinegar (I use cider vinegar, mix it in the water); 1/4 cup cream; 4 oz semi-sweet chocolate, roughly chopped; 4 cups peeled, cored and diced Bartlett or Bosc pears (this should be a relatively fine dice, see pictures below); Juice of 1 lemon; 2 tbsp granulated sugar; 2/3 cups packed brown sugar; 2 tbsp flour; 1/2 tsp cinnamon; Pinch of allspice; Pinch of cardamom; 1/2 tsp sea salt; 1/2 tsp vanilla

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Crust (crust recipe adapted from Four and Twenty Blackbirds) - 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour - 1 tsp sea salt - 1 tbsp sugar - 1 cup butter (straight from the

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Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp sea salt
1 tbsp sugar
1 cup butter (straight from the fridge, cut into 1-inch pieces)
1 cup cold water
1/4 cup vinegar (I use cider vinegar, mix it in the water)
1/4 cup cream
4 oz semi-sweet chocolate, roughly chopped
4 cups peeled, cored and diced Bartlett or Bosc pears (this should be a relatively fine dice, see pictures below)
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tbsp granulated sugar
2/3 cups packed brown sugar
2 tbsp flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Pinch of allspice
Pinch of cardamom
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp vanilla