Pushing Daisies is a delightfully-quirky show about a pie maker
named Ned. (Aside from being a pie maker, Ned can
touch dead things and bring them back to life; touch them again and
they're dead forever.) But the important thing is that Ned
owns a pie shop called The Pie Hole that has an awning shaped like a
pie crust.
Ned's girlfriend prepares pies for her aunts that are laced with
homeopathic mood enhancers. Obviously, the mood enhancers are
redundant, since pie can lift spirits all on its own. But the
extra touch is a nice gesture. Her aunts are cheese
aficionados, so all the pies have cheese baked into the crust.
Basic 9" Double Pie Crust (unbaked)
1/2 cup sugar
3 tbsp flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp lemon zest
5 cups peeled and sliced pears
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp lemon juice
Gruyere cheese, shredded
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Combine sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, and lemon rind in a bowl.
Arrange the pear slices in layers in the pie crust, sprinkling sugar
mixture over each layer.
Dot with butter and sprinkle with lemon juice.
Place the top crust and cut steam vents.
Sprinkle with gruyere cheese.
Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes.
Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for an additional 35 to 40
minutes, until the crust is golden and the filling is bubbly.
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