Deep Dish Pear Pie With Cheddar Cheese Pastry

Ingredients

750 gr pears
16 ml lemon juice
24 gr flour
200 gr sugar
1 gr salt
1 gr cinnamon
1 gr nutmeg
14 gr butter
130 gr flour
32 gr cheese
1 gr salt
75 gr butter
16 ml water

Instructions

Place pears in 1.5 quart casserole. Sprinkle with lemon juice. Combine next 5 ingredients. Sprinkle over pears. Dot with butter. Cover with Cheddar Cheese Pastry, crimping to sides of dish. Cut slits in top. Bake at 180ºC or 30 to 40 minutes or until pears are tender. Cheddar Cheese Pastry: Combine flour and salt. Cut in butter and cheese. Sprinkle with water. Shape into a ball and roll out to cover top of pie.