Cranberry Raisin Pie Food

CRANBERRY RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside. Lightly dust a clean work surface with flour, and roll each disk of dough into an 11-inch circle. Press one circle into a 9-inch pie plate. From the remaining pastry, cut as many 1/2-inch lattice strips as possible. Transfer strips to prepared baking sheet. Transfer bottom crust and strips to refrigerator until chilled.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a second baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside. Place cranberries and raisins in a large mixing bowl. Add sugar, maple syrup, vanilla, brandy, and orange zest. Toss to combine. Pour into chilled bottom crust. Dot top with butter. Weave pastry strips over top to make lattice. Trim and crimp edges as desired.
• Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees and continue to bake until crust is golden brown and juices in center of pie bubble, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool before serving.

RAISIN CRANBERRY PIE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine sugar and flour. Stir in water until blended; bring to a boil. Add cranberries and raisins. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minute, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla until butter is melted. Cool slightly., Line a 9-in. pie plate with bottom pastry; trim to 1 in. beyond edge of pie plate. Pour filling into crust. Roll out remaining pastry; cut into lattice strips and place over filling. Seal and flute edges. Brush lattice crust with cream if desired. , Bake at 375° for 30 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly, covering edges with foil during the last 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Refrigerate leftovers.

MOCK CHERRY PIE (CRANBERRY & RAISIN)

Steps:

• 1. Cook over boiling water,stirring often, the cranberries will pop and the mixture will thicken. For some reason it takes longer sometimes, and today it did, so I added 1 Tbs. cornstarch in a little cold water, stirred it and added it to the cranberry mixture, and continued cooking it another ten minutes.
• 2. Some people like to add a little Vanilla extract to this. I don't always, but it does change it slightly, today I did add the vanilla.
• 3. Cool the filling, and prepare the pie crust, using a bottom crust, standard pie pan, and a top crust. *Note: Although this time I made one very large crust,bottom crust only and folded it inwards, giving it a "rustic look". I adjusted the time and baked it about 50 minutes.
• 4. For a two-crust pie I would Bake at 425 degrees for about 45 minutes.

ORANGE-CRANBERRY-RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• 1. Roll out slightly more than half of pastry 1/8 inch thick. Line pie pan. Bring first 3 ingredients and 2 taplespooons water to boil in saucepan, stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved. Add cranberries and cook, stirring occasionally, until berries pop open. Add raisins. Blend cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water. Add to berry mixture and cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in fruit rinds and butter. Pour into pastry-lined pie pan. Roll out remaining pastry. Moisten edges of filled pie with water and cover with top crust which has been slit to allow steam to escape. Press edges together with tines of fork. Bake in pre-heated hot oven (425DF) for about 25 minutes. Makes 6-8 servings.
• 2. Cranberry Pie ~ Follow recipe for Cranberry-Raisins Pie. Omit raisins and increase cranberries to 3 1/2 cups.

CRANBERRY-RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• Roll out about 60% of the pastry and line a 9" pie plate.
• Roll out the remaining pastry to cover.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Bring the cranberries and water to a boil in a large pot.
• Add the raisins, sugar and flour.
• Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened.
• Pour into the prepared bottom crust, top with rolled out upper crust, and seal the edges with a wet fork.
• Cut or poke steam holes in the top crust.
• Bake at 350°F for 40 minutes.

CRANBERRY RAISIN TART

Steps:

• Make the filling:
• In a saucepan stir together the brown sugar, the cornstarch, the zest, and the juice and add the cranberries, the raisins and the salt. Bring the mixture to a boil, and simmer it, stirring for 5 minutes, or until the berries have just burst. Transfer the filling to a bowl and chill it covered, for 2 hours, or until it is cold. The filling may be made 2 days in advance and kept covered and chilled.
• Make the dough:
• In a bowl stir together the flour, the sugar, the baking powder, and the salt, add the butter, and blend the mixture until it resembles meal. In a small bowl whisk together the egg and the water and add the mixture to the flour mixture, stirring with a fork until the mixture forms a dough. Dust the dough with flour and chill it, wrapped in wax paper , for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 425°F. Roll out the dough into a 12-inch round on a lightly floured surface and transfer it to a baking sheet. Spoon the filling onto the center of the dough, spreading it into an 8-inch circle, and fold the edges of the dough over it, leaving the center of the filling uncovered. Brush the dough with the egg wash and bake the tart in the middle of the oven, covering the exposed filling loosely with foil after 10 minutes, for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the pastry is golden. Let the tart cool completely on the baking sheet on a rack.

CRANBERRY RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Get pie shell to room temperature. Put in 1st 1/2 of pie shell in pie pan.
• Mix raisins and whole berry in pan stove top to light boil. Add flour slowly mixing till thick. Put over or on pie shell in pie pan. Top off with other part of premade pie shell. Pinch the shell together. Cut off leftover around pie. Put slits on top shell.
• Put in preheated oven for 45 to 60 minutes.