Five-Spice Pear-Apple Pie

• 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie shells, refrigerated
• Filling
• 3 1/2 cups peeled cored, and sliced Granny Smith apples (also may use Cortland or Northern Spy)
• 3 1/2 cups cored sliced ripe pears (peeled or unpeeled)
• 1 grated lemon, zest of
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 3/4 cup sugar, divided
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 teaspoons Chinese five spice powder
• Cornmeal Streusel Topping
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup fine yellow cornmeal
• 2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine the apples, pears, lemon zest, lemon juice, orange juice, and 1/2 cup sugar; set aside for 10 minutes.
2. In a small bowl, combine the remaining 1/4 cup sugar, cornstarch, and five-spice powder; stir mixture into the fruit.
3. Transfer filling to the chilled pie shell; smooth filling with you hands to even it out.
4. Place the pie on the center oven rack of a 400u0b0 oven; bake for 30 minutes.
5. To make the topping: put the flour, cornmeal, brown sugar, and salt in the container of a food processor; pulse several times to mix.
6. Scatter the butter over the mixture; pulse until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
7. Empty crumbs into a bowl and rub them between your fingers to make large, buttery crumbs; refrigerate until ready to use.
8. Take pie out of oven and lower oven temperature to 375u0b0.
9. Distribute crumbs evenly over top of pie; tamp them down lightly.
10. Return pie to oven (rotate pie so that the part that faced the back of the oven now faces the front); place a foil-lined baking sheet onto the rack below to catch any spills.
11. Bake for 30 minutes or until the juices bubble thickly around the edge.
12. Transfer pie to a wire rack and let cool at least 1 hour before serving.

filling, peeled cored, lemon, lemon juice, orange juice, sugar, cornstarch, spice powder, cornmeal streusel, allpurpose flour, yellow cornmeal, brown sugar, salt, cold unsalted butter

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/five-spice-pear-apple-pie-143588 (may not work)