Ladybirds Toffee , Pear , Apple and or Strawberry Pies

Source : Peel And Core The Pears And Cut Them Into Quarters Them Drizzle With A Little Lemon Juice In A Small Saucepan On High Heat Add The Water White Su...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : September 14, 2026

Step:

  1. Peel and core the pears and cut them into quarters them drizzle with a little lemon juice .

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  2. In a small saucepan , on high heat , add the water , white sugar and the brown sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved . Bring to the boil and boil for a minute then turn heat down to simmer .

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  3. Once liquid is simmering , add the pear quarters and cook , simmering , for about 5-8 minutes or until just tender , remove pears from the liquid and set aside to cool . Once pears have cooled , slice them thinly .

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  4. Leaving the liquid syrup to simmer for about 10-15 minutes or until liquid is reduced dramatically and syrup has thickened , remove from heat then drizzle a little over the cooked sliced pears and leave to cool . Leave remaining syrup to cool until needed again .

  5. Peel and core the apples then cut them into quarters and drizzle with a little lemon juice and set aside till needed

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  6. In a small saucepan , over high heat , add 2 cups of water along with 1/2 cup of white sugar along with 1/2 cup of brown sugar along with the cinnamon stick and the cloves and stir till sugar is dissolved then bring to the boil and boil for a minute then turn heat down to simmer and add apple quarters and simmer for about 8-10 minutes or until just tender .

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  7. Once tender remove the apples from the heat and set aside to cool , once cooled slice the apple quarters thinly and drizzle with a little of the prepared syrup from the pears and set aside to cool completely until needed .

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  8. Destalk the strawberries and then thinly slice and drizzle with a little lemon juice and set aside till needed

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  9. Preheat the oven to 190°C . Lightly grease 6 pie flan tins , them sprinkle with sugar to coat them before filling them .

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  10. Using the pastry sheets , cut out 6 bases to fit you pie flans and cut out 6 lids to fit tops .

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  11. Carefully mould the prepared pastry discs into the prepared pie flans and set aside to fill .

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  12. Taking the prepared cooked , cooled pears and evenly spoon them into two of the pie pastry cases and add a little extra reduced syrup , them place a pastry lid ontop and press the pastry together to seal . And dust with a little cocoa powder to the sealed lid .

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  13. Taking the cooked , cooled apples evenly spoon them into two of the pie pastry cases , then place one of the sliced up strawberries , per pie case , ontop of the apples in the pastry cases and then add a little extra reduced syrup to the top , then place a pastry lid ontop and press the pastry together to seal . And dust with a little cocoa powder to the top sealed lid .

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  14. Taking the other 8-10 slice up strawberries and evenly spoon them into the last two pastry cases , then sprinkle with the teaspoon of cocoa powder , them place the lids ontop and press the pastry together to seal . And finally dust with a little cocoa powder to the top pastry lid .

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  15. Place prepared filled pies into the Preheated oven and cool for 30-35 minutes or until golden . Once cooked remove from heat and let cool slightly before removing them from the pie tins .

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  16. Once cooled slightly remove from pie tins and either serve hot with toppings of your choice , or let cool completely and serve with toppings of your choice . Enjoy . :-) .

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Ingredients

  1. 3 sheet sweet short crust pastry - 1 sheet pastry makes two small pie bases and lids
  2. 2 pears - peeled , cored and quartered
  3. 2 apples - peeled , cored and quartered
  4. 1 tsp lemon juice
  5. 2 extra strawberries - stalks removed and sliced thinly .
  6. 1 cup water
  7. 1/2 cup sugar
  8. 1/2 cup brown sugar
  9. 1 1/2 cup water
  10. 1/2 cup white sugar
  11. 1/2 cup brown sugar
  12. 1 cinnamon stick
  13. 3 clove s
  14. 1 tbsp cocoa powder
  15. 8 -10 strawberries - stalks removed and cut into thin slices
  16. 2 tsp extra sugar
  17. 1 tsp extra cocoa powder

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