Spiced-Pear Pie

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons flour 
• 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar 
• 9 pounds bosc pear cored peeled halved cut into 4 slices
• 4  cinnamon sticks 
• 1.3 cups brown sugar packed ()
• 4 tablespoons cup heavy whipping cream 
• 20 servings whipped cream 
• 0.5 cup water ()
• 20 servings milk 
• 20 servings sugar raw
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 2 teaspoons sugar 
• 1 cup butter unsalted chilled cut into pieces (2 sticks)
• 0.5  vanilla pod chopped
• 2  star anise whole
• 8 ounces frangelico diced frozen chilled
• 8 ounces frangelico diced frozen chilled

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• oven
• whisk
• aluminum foil
• pie form

Directions

1. Whisk first 3 ingredients in large bowl.
2. Add lard and butter. Rub together with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse damp meal.
3. Add 1/2 cup ice water and vinegar. Stir with fork until moist clumps form, adding more water by tablespoonfuls if dry. Gather dough into ball. Divide into 4 pieces; flatten into disks. Wrap each disk in plastic and chill at least 30 minutes and up to 3 days.
4. Using spice grinder, finely grind first 4 ingredients.
5. Transfer spice mixture to medium bowl; mix in sugar, flour, and salt. Divide pears between 2 large bowls; mix half of spice mixture and 2 tablespoons cream into each.
6. Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 400°F.
7. Roll out 1 dough disk on lightly floured surface to 12-inch round.
8. Transfer to 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish.
9. Roll out second dough disk to 12-inch round. Mound 1 bowl of pear filling in crust.
10. Brush overhang lightly with milk. Drape second crust over; press top and bottom overhangs together. Fold under, forming edge of pie. Crimp edge decoratively.
11. Cut 3-inch X in center of top crust; brush with milk and sprinkle with raw sugar.
12. Place on rimmed baking sheet. Repeat rolling and assembly with remaining dough disks and pear filling.
13. Bake pies 40 minutes. Tent with foil to prevent overbrowning.
14. Bake until crusts are golden brown, pears are tender, and juices are bubbling thickly, about 40 minutes longer. Cool completely.
15. Serve with ice cream.
16. *Brown star-shaped seedpods; available in the spice section of some supermarkets and at Asian markets and specialty foods stores.