Almond pear pie

I made this pie for Thanksgiving because it just looks like it belongs on a Thanksgiving dinner spread. I didn't follow a recipe to make this pie; I actually created this recipe and had to tweak it a few times before achieving the end result worthy of being featured on a holiday dinner table lol

Ingredients

5 eggs
1/4 stick of butter (melted)
1/4 cup of heavy cream
1/4 cup of granulated sugar
1 and a 1/4 cups of very finely chopped almonds (blanched almonds)
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 roll of pie crust (thawed)
1 tsp of vanilla extract
1 tsp baking powder
Canned pears (drained and washed)
Directions:

• Whisk the eggs add sugar and continue whisking until smooth
• Add melted butter (cooled down otherwise you will cook the eggs)
• Add the heavy cream and vanilla extract and whisk
• add dry ingredients (almonds/cocoa/baking powder) and continue whisking until all ingredients are combined and a smooth consistency is achieved.
• Line the pie crust in a pie mold, pour half the mixture and layer the pear wedges ( cut each pear half in 4 lenghwise) to cover the whole surface
• Pour the second half of the mixture over the pears and bake in a 375 F oven for 40 to 45 minutes.
• Once out of the oven let cool and decorate with confectioners sugar anyway you'd like. I cut up leaf shapes from paper towels and placed them carefully on the pie and then dusted it with powdered sugar and lifted my leaves very carefully.

This pie is best eaten chilled and is so delicious and moist; you won't need that scoop of ice cream on the side!