Sometimes I open the fridge and start improvising with the ingredients and/or leftovers I happen to find. I don’t like to throw away food so I am very creative with my everyday cooking. I can humbly say most of the time the outcome of my experiments are pretty good. I got the inspiration to make this dessert when one day about one year ago, I looked at a large fruit bowl I have in my kitchen and had about 8 ripe green bartlett pears. What had happened was that I bought a box of these pears at Costco on an impulse the week before without realizing my family and I wouldn’t be able to eat all of them before they spoiled. So I started skimming through my collection of food magazines and books and found a pear pie in an edition of Everyday Food. I read the recipe and made my own version with the ingredients I had at hand. The outcome was this delicious pear custard pie. I called it Pear Bliss because it is so light and I couldn’t figure out how to describe it because it is neither a cake, custard, flan or pie by definition, texture or appearance. It is easy and fast to make. For a more decadent version make it “a la mode” with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and caramel syrup on top.
Pear Bliss
Ingredients
1/4 cup butter (melted) plus some for pie dish
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup unbleached all purpose flour
3 large eggs
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup evaporated milk
3 Bartlett, Comice or D’Anjou pears (quartered and cored)
confectioners sugar for dusting
Procedure
1. Pre-heat oven at 350º f. Butter 9 inch pie dish (I use a glass Pyrex round 9” pie dish)
2. In a blender, process melted butter, granulated sugar, flour, vanilla extract, eggs and evaporated milk until completely blended.
3. Slice pears about 1/4 inch thick lengthwise.
4. Arrange sliced pears in greased pie dish in a circular pattern. Once finished arranging the pear slices, press down with the palm of your hand to level.
5. Pour batter over pears and place in oven for 50 minutes.
6. Let cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Enjoy!
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Michael
This looks yummy! Pears are my favorite fruit, I’ll have to give this a whirl sometime.
i want to eat the pictures!! me muero por los postres de pera y mi padre tambien. habra algun sustituto sin lactosa para la leche evaporada (papi es lactose intolerant y quiero hacerle la receta). besos
sofi: i don’t think there is a problem substituting the evaporated milk for lactaid. let me know how it goes.
Hi, thank you so much for this recipe! I had exactly three pears that didn’t look very appetizing (too ripe) and your post came just in time. The best part is that I had everything in my pantry!
I just made it and haven’t try it yet but looks and smells delicious!!!! I made it with a crust that I had in my fridge and was about to expire so I guess is a pear bliss pie!!!
I’m also making the guava/ cilantro sauce to dip DOminican pastelitos de pollo. I’ll let you know if the combination is as good as it sounds.
pilar: that’s what i like about this dessert most people have the ingredients in their pantry. i’ve had a wonderful feedback on this recipe. a lot of people have been making pear bliss this week! how did it go with the crust you added? cooking is all about creativity and love. i like the way you took my recipe and used it as a guideline to make your pear pie. did you like the guava-cilantro sauce? i’m glad people are getting excited about cooking at home and sharing their creations with family and friends. that’s what is all about! keep in touch.
I love pears in desserts! Looks wonderful.
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Angela
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I will definitely try this out soon. You have a great blog and can’t wait to read more!