Warm baking spices accentuate the sweet yield in this tasty Spiced Plum Pie recipe .

This vacation - scent plum Proto-Indo European , consummate with homemade pie cheekiness , will have you longing to deck the dormitory or blackguard aThanksgiving joker . But do n’t await until it ’s talent - giving sentence to make one — these heady flavour are tempting any time of the year . Still , you might want to turn on some Christmas euphony and get in the mode while making this sugar - plum - laden dessert . Top off each slice of Spiced Plum Pie with a scoop of vanilla ice emollient or a dollop ofhomemade whipped cream .

Spiced Plum Pie Baking Tips

Ingredients

1RecipePie encrustation

10largedark plum , pitted and cut into quarters ( 3 to 3 1/2pounds )

¾cuppackedbrown kale

Spiced Plum Pie

Credit: Constatine Poulos

¼cupcornstarch

2Tbsp.choppedcandied pep

2tsp.finely shred orange peel

1tsp.ground cinnamon

½tsp.salt

¼tsp.ground nutmeg

¼tsp.ground cloves

1Tbsp.vanilla bean pasteor pure vanilla extract

1Tbsp.sugar

1Tbsp.cornstarch

1egg

¼cupcoarse shekels

Pie Crust

2cupcold all - purpose flour

1cupunsalted butter , cut into minor part and cool down in the freezer about 10 minutes

1tablespoonsugar

1teaspoonsalt

½cupice water ( or 1/4 cup ice water and 1/4 cup chill vodka )

1teaspoonlemon juice

Directions

Prepare Pie Crust

Preheat oven to 350 ° F . Prepare pie crust . separate pastry in one-half ; form halves into balls . Wrap and refrigerate 30 minute .

Make Plum Pie Filling

For plum pick , in a 5- to 6 - quartDutch ovencombine plums with 1/2 loving cup weewee . Bring to boiling ; reduce heat . Simmer , covered , for 3 minutes . murder from heat ; drain well . Return plums to Dutch oven . In a small bowl stir together browned sugar , cornstarch , candied ginger , orange peel , cinnamon , salt , nutmeg , and cloves ; add to plums in the Dutch oven . Add vanilla . put away mildly to coalesce .

Roll Out Bottom Crust

Forbottom incrustation , on a lightly floured surface use your script to somewhat flatten out one pastry ball . rolling pastry from center field to edges into a dress circle 12 column inch in diameter , about 1/8 - in thick . Transfer to a 9 - column inch rich - dish pie plate without stretching . Trim pastry dough to 1/2 in beyond edge of pie collection plate . In a small bowling ball stir together sugar and 1 Tbsp . cornstarch ; sprinkle over dough . Cover with plastic wrapper and refrigerate .

Make Lattice Top Cust

For top crust , roll rest clump into a 12 - column inch - diameter circle or big rectangle . Use a grille tumbler pigeon to roll through dough . move out bottom encrustation from icebox ; spoon in filling . Cover with lattice crust ; trim edges . Crimp or decorate sharpness as trust . Whisk together egg and 1 Tbsp . H2O ; brush on top crust . Sprinkle with common sugar .

Bake and Cool

position a transparency - lined baking rag on the wheel below the Proto-Indo European in the oven . Bake pie 1 - 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours until filling is wooden-headed and bubbly and crust is gold browned . ( If after 1 60 minutes gall is already gold , gently cover with aluminium transparency for remaining broil fourth dimension . ) Cool on a wire stand .

In the bowl of afood processorfitted with the blade fastening , pulse togetherall - purpose flour , butter , scratch , and table salt until mixture resembles coarse Indian meal . In a small bowl whisk together deoxyephedrine - cold-blooded water ( or 1/4 cupful each vodka * and piddle ) and lemon succus . tardily total to the flour smorgasbord , pulse until sugar just comes together . hale a small piece of dough between your thumb and index number digit to check that it defend its shape .

Nutrition Facts(per serving)

  • The % Daily Value ( DV ) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet . 2,000 kilogram calorie a daytime is used for general nutriment advice .