Deep dish plum pie

8 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2½ cup All-Purpose Flour -- sifted
1 teaspoon Salt
¾ cup Solid Vegetable Shortening
¼ cup Ice Water
3 cups Plums, Canned, Pitted,
Drained -- juice reserved
¾ cup Reserved Plum Juice
2½ tablespoon Tapioca
⅛ teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
¼ teaspoon Almond Extract
1 tablespoon Butter

Directions

CRUST

FILLING

For the crust: Combine sifted flour with salt and sift into a mixing bowl. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture is the texture of small peas. Sprinkle with ice water, stirring with a fork. Using your hands, pat dough into a ball, wrap in wax paper, and refrigerate until ready to use. Preheat oven to 425 F.

For the filling: Halve and pit plums and set aside. Pour plum juice into a small bowl. Add tapioca, salt, lemon juice, and almond extract. Blend well, then let stand for 10 mins. Divide dough in half, roll out to ⅛-inch thickness. Line a deep pie dish with half of the pastry dough.

Fill with plums. Pour plum juice mixture over plums and dot with butter. Top with upper crust and flute edges to seal. Cut a crisscross design in center of pie so that steam can escape. Bake for 50 mins or until crust is golden.

Yield 8 servings.

Note: For a less crusty pie, this recipe works well with a single top-layer crust.

Recipe By : Spoonbread & Strawberry Wine - ISBN 0-385-47270-6 From: Dan Klepach Date: 05-18-95 (159) Fido: Cooking

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