Shortbread pie with pear and raisins

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a shortbread pie with pears and raisins? First prepare the dough. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance so that it becomes soft. Instead of vanilla, you can take vanilla sugar (0.5 tbsp. l.).

2. Step 2:

   

   Mix flour with baking powder and sift through a sieve so that it is enriched with oxygen. This will make the dough more crumbly and lifting.

3. Step 3:

   

   Rub the soft butter with sugar until smooth. It is enough to use a regular fork.

4. Step 4:

   

   Add the yolks to the sugar-oil mixture, mix.

5. Step 5:

   

   Pour the flour sifted with baking powder into the resulting mass. Stir quickly. When preparing the shortbread dough, do not delay the process so that the butter does not melt too much from the heat of the hands.

6. Step 6:

   

   The dough should be soft and homogeneous.

7. Step 7:

   

   Divide the dough into 2 unequal parts. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

8. Step 8:

   

   Prepare the necessary ingredients for the filling. Any thick fruit jam will do. I used homemade apple. Add cinnamon to taste and as desired.

9. Step 9:

   

   Rinse the raisins thoroughly, dry them.

10. Step 10:

    

    Wash the pears, dry them, and remove the seeds. Cut the pears into small cubes.

12. Step 11:

    

    Combine the prepared pears, pure raisins, cinnamon, lemon zest and lemon juice. If the fruit is not sweet enough, add sugar to taste. But keep in mind that the raisins will give the filling a tangible sweetness. Mix everything well.

13. Step 12:

    

    Remove a large portion of the dough from the refrigerator. Quickly roll out the dough into a round layer, the size of which is larger than the diameter of the pie pan.

14. Step 13:

    

    Cover the bottom of the mold with parchment. Having screwed on a rolling pin, transfer the dough to the mold. Carefully distribute it along the bottom, simultaneously forming the sides. I have a shape with a diameter of 18 cm .

15. Step 14:

    

    Spread the dough evenly with jam.

16. Step 15:

    

    Lay out the filling, smooth it out.

17. Step 16:

    

    Roll out the smaller cooled part of the dough into a layer slightly smaller than the diameter of the mold. I left some dough to decorate the cake.

18. Step 17:

    

    Cover the filling with a second layer of shortbread dough, carefully connect the edges. I made curly cuts and decorated the pie on top. If you do not plan to decorate the pie, then just make holes or punctures in the top cake so that the moisture of the filling evaporates during baking.

19. Step 18:

    

    Bake the fruit pie in a preheated 190 degree oven for about 30 minutes until the top is browned. Focus on the features of your oven and, accordingly, adjust the baking time and temperature. Allow the finished cake to cool slightly and remove from the mold.

20. Step 19:

    

    Cut the completely cooled pie into pieces and serve. Bon appetit!