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[The Secret Recipe Club] – Jule’s Pear & Sour Cream Pie

15 August 2011 21 Comments

Before I drifted off into my little unplanned and unwanted hiatus from blogging in July I discovered a fun blog event called The Secrect Recipe Club. I loved the idea and decided to join for August.

Today is “reveal day” and all of us particpants (well honestly only the first third of participants because there are so many others, that the group has been split into 3 groups with different posting days to make it easier for folks to visit everyone) will reveal which blog we have been assigned to and what we found most interesting to try on our own…

How this all works? well, just click on that logo on the left and you will get to a whole wonderful website that will answer all your questions and more!

Why I joined? Because I think it is a fun way to discover new blogs and – again – step outta my comfort zone a bit by being assigned an unknown blog and having to find a recipe that suits me and tempts me to cook myself.

For this month the blog assigned to me was Jule’s blog called “Pictures of all my Princesses” – I’ve never heard of this blog but when I first visited and read to the first few recipes there I knew this was a match that suited me. So I found myself reading through her entire blog (she started blogging in 2010 – so it did not take me days to read through… but then I think I would not have minded at all) and narrowing my choices down to 4 possible recipes.

In the end I decided on this wonderful and delicious SourCream and Pear Pie – perfect!

Print recipe

Pear & Sour Cream Pie

4 cups peeled, diced ripe pears
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 Tbsp. flour
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla
dash salt

~~1 unbaked 9-inch pastry shell~~ I made my own pastry shell:
300 grams flour
50 grams brown sugar
100 grams cold butter
80 grams cold shortening
3 – 5 TBS ice water

Crumb topping
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/4 cup butter

As you can see it’s more than easy to assemble the pie. Just make the crust and topping and let chill in fridge… I was finished with everything within an hour…

Combine sugar, egg, flour, sour cream, vanilla, and salt. Fold in pears. Spoon into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.

Combine all of the topping ingredients until well mixed. Sprinkle on top of pie; return to oven for 30 more minutes.

High altitude bake at 385

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21 Comments »

Elizabeth said:

That looks beautiful, Astrid! And don’t you love that a homemade crust superior to storebought?

I love the idea of this “secret recipe club”! How fun.

Astrid Reply at August 15th, 2011 2:28 PM:

Oh yes it is Elizabeth. It’s so quick to make too so it is hardly any work at all. On the other hand you can’t buy many premade doughs in supermarkets here anyway… LOL

# 15 August 2011 at 2:20 PM

Melissa@IWasBornToCook said:

This looks so good! It may be one of the recipes I’ll have to use now that the pears on my tree are starting to get ripe. I just joined SRC as well – fun!

# 15 August 2011 at 2:51 PM

Jules said:

Thank you so much for the glowing review of my blog and I’m glad you had fun reading through it. I look forward to reading through yours as well. I’m curious which were the other three that stood out to you so much?

# 15 August 2011 at 5:35 PM

Lisa~~ said:

Pear & Sour Cream, what a great flavor combo.

If you haven’t already, I’d love for you to check out my SRC recipe this month: Cilantro Lime Chicken

Lisa~~
Cook Lisa Cook

# 15 August 2011 at 5:48 PM

Mindy said:

This looks so easy and delicious! Where in the world did you find brown sugar for your pie crust (which looks delicious, by the way) in Vienna? I travel to Europe quite often (and have lived in Spain and France), but have never been able to find it. I was just in Vienna in June and am returning again in January–I love that city! :-) (I found you through the SRC.)

# 15 August 2011 at 6:18 PM

Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts said:

Looks like a great pie! Peaches are so great this time of year! I had fun checking out your blog, and picking from all your delicious breads!

# 15 August 2011 at 6:47 PM

Kate said:

I love fresh pears in the fall on salads. Sounds like a delicious pie, might be in the running for pear week!

# 15 August 2011 at 7:21 PM

Susie Bee on Maui said:

Wow that is beautiful. Sounds pretty easy and delicious-great pick for SRC.

# 15 August 2011 at 8:02 PM

Barbara | Creative Culinary said:

This looks and sounds wonderful! Don’t you love all the treasures we find on ‘SRC’ day?

# 16 August 2011 at 3:29 AM

Trisha said:

I can only imagine the flavor this pie packs. This I will have to try!

# 16 August 2011 at 5:27 AM

Si said:

Wow this really looks wonderful.

# 16 August 2011 at 5:42 AM

sara said:

Looks like a unique and delicious pie! Love your photos too…very pretty!

# 16 August 2011 at 7:39 AM

heidi said:

This pie looks so delicious – and the pictures are really good :-)

# 16 August 2011 at 8:41 AM

Shelby said:

What a beautiful pie! Grumpy loves pears and I love finding recipes that have them in it so I can surprise him once and a while. Welcome to the SRC!

# 16 August 2011 at 11:47 AM

Lynne said:

A very beautiful pear pie and your photos are gorgeous!

# 16 August 2011 at 10:10 PM

Avanika (Yumsilicious Bakes) said:

I love pear in pies, this sounds absolutely delicious. Glad you’re part of our group :)

# 16 August 2011 at 11:13 PM

Rhonda said:

I recently joined SRC (I’m in group C and don’t post till the 29th). The dish looks dish-licious! I’m not much of a baker but this recipe tempts me.

# 17 August 2011 at 1:34 AM

Jamie said:

This pie looks great! I am going to bookmark it so I can make it this Fall!

# 17 August 2011 at 5:20 AM

Lisa said:

I’m an SRC newbie too, love it and love this sour cream – pear pie! Fantastic choice, it looks so lovely – makes me want to have a tea party ans make it the star!

# 17 August 2011 at 3:49 PM

Jennifer Sikora said:

I am not a big fan of pears but I bet this tasted delicious!

Thanks for sharing

Jennifer
http://www.jennifersikora.com

# 21 August 2011 at 4:47 PM