Ladybirds Toffee , Pear , Apple and or Strawberry Pies

• 3 sheet sweet short crust pastry - 1 sheet pastry makes two small pie bases and lids
• 2 pears - peeled , cored and quartered
• 2 apples - peeled , cored and quartered
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 2 extra strawberries - stalks removed and sliced thinly .
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 clove s
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 8 -10 strawberries - stalks removed and cut into thin slices
• 2 tsp extra sugar
• 1 tsp extra cocoa powder

1. Peel and core the pears and cut them into quarters them drizzle with a little lemon juice .
2. In a small saucepan , on high heat , add the water , white sugar and the brown sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved .
3. Bring to the boil and boil for a minute then turn heat down to simmer .
4. 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 .
5. Once pears have cooled , slice them thinly .
6. 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 .
7. Leave remaining syrup to cool until needed again .
8. Peel and core the apples then cut them into quarters and drizzle with a little lemon juice and set aside till needed
9. 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 .
10. 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 .
11. Destalk the strawberries and then thinly slice and drizzle with a little lemon juice and set aside till needed
12. Preheat the oven to 190C .
13. Lightly grease 6 pie flan tins , them sprinkle with sugar to coat them before filling them .
14. Using the pastry sheets , cut out 6 bases to fit you pie flans and cut out 6 lids to fit tops .
15. Carefully mould the prepared pastry discs into the prepared pie flans and set aside to fill .
16. 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 .
17. And dust with a little cocoa powder to the sealed lid .
18. 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 .
19. And dust with a little cocoa powder to the top sealed lid .
20. 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 .
21. And finally dust with a little cocoa powder to the top pastry lid .
22. Place prepared filled pies into the Preheated oven and cool for 30-35 minutes or until golden .
23. Once cooked remove from heat and let cool slightly before removing them from the pie tins .
24. 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 .
25. Enjoy .
26. :-) .

apples, lemon juice, extra strawberries stalks, water, sugar, brown sugar, water, white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, clove s, cocoa, strawberries stalks, extra sugar, cocoa powder

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/340616-ladybirds-toffee-pear-apple-and-or-strawberry-pies (may not work)