Almond-Streusel Peach Pie Recipe

Almond-Streusel Peach Pie Recipe

Ingredients

• Serving Size : 8
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 10 tablespoons butter – chilled
• 2 tablespoons shortening – chilled
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup almonds – sliced
• 1 lemon
• 9 peaches – about 3 pounds
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 tablespoons dry bread crumbs

Method

1. Combine 1 cup flour and 1/2 tsp salt
2. Cut in 4 tbsp of butter and the shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal with a few pea-sized pieces remaining
3. Sprinkle in 3 to 4 tb ice water, a tablespoon at a time, until dough just comes together.
4. Gather into a disk.
5. Wrap and chill at least 30 minutes.
6. Combine remaining cup of flour, 1/3 cup brown sugar, 1/4 tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp nutmeg
7. Cut in remaining 6 tbsp of butter until crumbly
8. Stir in almonds.
9. Chill.
10. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out chilled pie pastry to fit a 9″ pie pan.
11. Fit pastry into pan.
12. Trim and flute edges.
13. Chill.
14. Heat oven to 475.
15. Grate 1 tbsp of lemon zest from the lemon and squeeze 1 tb of juice
16. Peel peaches and slice.
17. Combine with remaining 2/3 cup brown sugar, remaining 1/2 tsp nutmeg, lemon zest and juice, cornstarch and almond extract.
18. Sprinkle bread crumbs over bottom of pie shell and fill with peach mixture.
19. Sprinkle almond crumb mixture on top.
20. Bake 15 minutes.
21. Reduce temperature to 350.
22. Continue baking until top is browned and fruit juices are bubbling, 50 to 55 minutes.
23. Cool completely before cutting.

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