Jan's Rocky Mountain Cheese Pear Pie

• 3/4 cup (175 ml) sugar
• 1/3 cup (80 ml) flour
• 1/8 tsp (1 ml) nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp (1 ml) salt
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) ground almonds
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) grated Monterey Jack cheese
• 2 tsp (10 ml) water
• 2 tsp (10 ml) lemon juice
• 1 tsp (5 ml) almond extract
• 2 tbsp (30 ml) butter
• 7-8 pears, pealed and sliced
• Make dough for 2-crust pie.
• Line pan with half and reserve other half for top.

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees (200 C.).
2. Line 10" pie plate with half of dough.
3. Mix sugar, flour, nutmeg, salt, almonds and cheese together in large bowl.
4. Mix water, lemon juice and almond extract in small bowl and pour over pears.
5. Then toss pears in sugar and flour mixture above.
6. Arrange in pie plate.
7. Dot with butter.
8. Top with crust rolled from reserved half of dough--make slits in top.
9. Sprinkle top with granulated sugar.
10. Bake at 375 degrees (200 C.) for 50-60 minutes or until pears are tender and crust is lightly browned.

sugar, flour, nutmeg, salt, ground almonds, cheese, water, lemon juice, almond, butter

Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/000863 (may not work)