Triple-Ginger Pear Crisp

Name: Triple-Ginger Pear Crisp
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 3/4 cup, almonds (3 ounces); 1/2 cup, unbleached all-purpose flour (2 1/2 ounces); 1/4 cup, packed light brown sugar (1 3/4 ounces); 4 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 3/4 teaspoon, ground ginger; 2 tablespoons, chopped crystalized ginger; , Table salt; 5 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 1 teaspoon, cornstarch; 1 teaspoon, grated fresh ginger; 1 teaspoon, fresh lemon juice from 1 lemon; 3 pounds, ripe but firm pears (6-7 medium), see note above

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2007

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SERVES6

TIME1½ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Taking into account how differently pears react with apples when baked into a crisp, we chose firm Bartletts for our pear crisp recipe and avoided a watery outcome by tossing them with cornstarch and lemon juice. We needed a sturdier toppin...

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