Pear Pandowdy

By dashy_65

Ingredients

• 4 c. fresh pears, peeled, sliced (about 1 3/4 lb)
• 1 T. lemon juice
• 1 c. pear nectar
• 1/4 t. cinnamon
• 1/4 t. nutmeg
• 1 c. flour
• 1/4 t. salt
• 1/4 c. butter or margarine, cut into small pieces and chilled
• 3 T. ice water
• 2 t. skim milk
• 2 t. sugar

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

Combine sliced pears and lemon juice in bowl; toss well. Place in an 8" square baking dish coated with Pam. Top with pear nectar, cinnamon and nutmeg.

Combine flour and salt in large bowl; cut in butter until resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle ice watr, 1 T. at a time, over surface, toss with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened and mixture is crumbly. (Do not form a ball.)

Gently press into 4" circle on heavy duty plastic wrap; cover with addl. plastic wrap, chill 15 mins. Roll dough, still covered, to an 8" sq. Place in freezer for 5 mins. or until wrap can be removed easily.

Place dough on top of pears. Cut slits in top. Brush with milk; sprinkle with sugar.

Bake 400* 35 mins; remove from oven. Using sharp knife; score pastry into 1" sqs; gently press into pear mixture with a spatula, allowing juices to moisten top of pastry.

Bake 20 more minutes or untily lightly browned and bubbly. Serve warm, topped with frozen yogurt.

200 cal, 6.4g fat, 150g sodium