Pear Crisp With Lemon Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 5 cups peeled and sliced pears (bosc)
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon finely grated lemon, rind of, divided
• 2/3 cup rolled oats
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1/3 cup sliced almonds
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 egg yolk, beaten
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 in a 2-quart baking dish, mix together pears, 1 tablespoon sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon lemon peel; toss to mix.
• 2 in a bowl, combine oats, brown sugar, flour, cardamon, and 1/4 teaspoon lemon peel.
• 3 using a pastry blender, cut in 1/4 cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 4 stir in almonds.
• 5 sprinkle topping over fruit.
• 6 bake at 375 for 30-35 minutes or until fruit is tender and topping begins to brown.
• 7 cool slightly on a wire rack.
• 8 in a small sauepan, combine 1/4 cup sugar and cornstarch.
• 9 stir in water until combined.
• 10 cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly.
• 11 cook and stir for 2 more minutes; remove from heat.
• 12 beat egg yolk in a small bowl; add a little of the hot mixture to the egg yolk and stir.
• 13 return all egg yolk mixture to saucepan.
• 14 cook and stir over low heat until nearly bubbly.
• 15 cook and stir one minute longer.
• 16 remove from heat.
• 17 stir in 1 tablespoon butter, lemon juice, and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon lemon peel.
• 18 serve crisp with warm sauce.