Ingredients

Dough
Use same dough as sweet Dough Pie Crust (Basic recipe). Half the quantity.
Prepare as per method given in Basic recipe.

Upper Layer
Peel 2-3 ripe but firm pears & chop it into small pieces. Put 1/4th cup water & 2 Tbsps sugar & cook over slow flame in a heavy saucepan till slightly soft.
Remove off from the heat & add 1 Tbsp cornstarch to thicken it a little, so that the water does not seep through the pie dough.
If using tinned pears, mash it a little & add constarch without cooking it. Add chopped nuts on top.
Bake at 350 ^o F/ 180 ^o C the pie crust for 10 mins. & Then add the filling & bake for 30 more mins.