Classic French Fruit Pie Recipe
Ingredients
| Cream Cheese- 1 pkg. (3-oz.) | ||
| Soft butter | 1/3 Cup (16 tbs) (Pastry:) | |
| Pastry Flour- 1 to 1 1/3 cups | ||
| Sugar | 3 Tablespoon (Custard:) | |
| Egg yolk | 3 Tablespoon (Custard:) | |
| Milk | 1/3 Cup (16 tbs) (Custard:) | |
| Soft butter | 4 Tablespoon (Custard:) | |
| Almond extract | 1/4 Teaspoon (Custard:) | |
| Apricots | 1 Cup (16 tbs), preserved (Custard:) | |
| Thick sugar syrup- 4 tablespoons | ||
Directions
GETTING READY
1) Preheat the oven to 375°F.
2) In a blender, place butter and cheese, and process until creamy.
3) Fold the flour, in the cheese mixture.
4) Using hands, knead the mixture for 2 minutes.
5) Cover the bowl and place it in refrigerator until chilled.
6) Line the 9 inch pie pan and bake in oven until evenly golden brown.
MAKING
7) In a saucepan, beat together sugar and egg yolk.
8) Stir milk in the yolk mixture.
9) Heat the yolk mixture, until thick but do not boil.
10) Mix the extract in the yolk mixture.
11) Pour the yolk mixture in the pie shell and coat thinly.
12) Spread the preserved apricots over the yolk mixture.
13) Glaze the top with sugar syrup.
SERVING
14) Cut in wedges and serve sprinkled with icing sugar if desired.
1) Preheat the oven to 375°F.
2) In a blender, place butter and cheese, and process until creamy.
3) Fold the flour, in the cheese mixture.
4) Using hands, knead the mixture for 2 minutes.
5) Cover the bowl and place it in refrigerator until chilled.
6) Line the 9 inch pie pan and bake in oven until evenly golden brown.
MAKING
7) In a saucepan, beat together sugar and egg yolk.
8) Stir milk in the yolk mixture.
9) Heat the yolk mixture, until thick but do not boil.
10) Mix the extract in the yolk mixture.
11) Pour the yolk mixture in the pie shell and coat thinly.
12) Spread the preserved apricots over the yolk mixture.
13) Glaze the top with sugar syrup.
SERVING
14) Cut in wedges and serve sprinkled with icing sugar if desired.
Chef
