Pear Crisp

Name: Pear Crisp
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 3/4 cup, coarsely chopped nuts (3 ounces; 85 grams), see note; 1/2 cup, unbleached all-purpose flour (2 1/2 ounces; 71 grams); 1/4 cup, packed light brown sugar (1 3/4 ounces; 50 grams); 4 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/8 teaspoon, ground nutmeg; , Table salt; 5 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 1 teaspoon, cornstarch; 2 teaspoons, fresh lemon juice from 1 lemon; 3 pounds (1361 grams), ripe but firm pears (6-7 medium), see note above

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2007, America's Test Kitchen TV

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Simply substituting pears for apples in this classic American dessert is a recipe for disaster.

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SERVES6

TIME1½ hours

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