Winter Fruit Pandowdy

Recipe Ingredients

2 cups	474ml	Peeled sliced granny smith apple - (3/4 pound)
2 cups	474ml	Peeled sliced ripe pear - (1 pound)
3 tablespoons	45ml	Fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup	30g / 1.1oz	Dried cranberries
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Sugar
1 teaspoon	5ml	Ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Ground nutmeg
		Vegetable cooking spray
1 cup	237ml	Pear nectar
3/4 cup	46g / 1.6oz	All-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Salt
2 1/2 tablespoons	37ml	Vegetable shortening
8 teaspoons	40ml	Ice water
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons	7.5ml	Skim milk
1 tablespoon	15ml	Sugar
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Ground cinnamon

Recipe Instructions

Combine first 3 ingredients in a bowl; toss well. Combine cranberries and next 3 ingredients; stir well. Add to apple mixture, and toss well.

Place fruit mixture in an 8-inch square baking dish coated with cooking spray. Pour pear nectar over fruit mixture.

Combine flour and salt in a bowl. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.

Combine ice water and 1/4 teaspoon fresh lemon juice. Sprinkle ice water mixture, 1 tablespoon at a time, over surface of flour mixture, and toss with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened. Gently press dough into a 4-inch square on heavy-duty plastic wrap, and cover with additional plastic wrap.

Roll the dough, still covered, into an 8-1/4-inch square. Place dough in freezer 5 minutes or until plastic wrap can be easily removed.

Remove plastic wrap; place dough on top of fruit mixture. Cut slits in top to allow steam to escape. Brush dough with milk. Combine the remaining ingredients, and sprinkle over dough.

Bake at 400F for 30 minutes; remove from oven. Score pastry into 1-inch squares, using a sharp knife; gently press pastry into fruit mixture with a spatula, allowing juices to moisten top of pastry.

Bake an additional 20 minutes or until lightly browned and bubbly.

Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 1 cup).

Source:
Cooking Light, Nov/Dec 1993, page 146

Rating

Average rating:

Unrated, please add a rating

Submit your rating:

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10

Click a star to rate this recipe.