Honey Walnut Pie Food

HONEY-WALNUT PIE

Steps:

• In medium bowl, mix 1 cup flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cut in shortening, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until particles are size of small peas. Sprinkle with cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost leaves side of bowl (1 to 2 teaspoons more water can be added if necessary).
• Gather pastry into a ball. Shape into flattened round on lightly floured surface. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate about 45 minutes or until dough is firm and cold, yet pliable. This allows the shortening to become slightly firm, which helps make the baked pastry more flaky. If refrigerated longer, let pastry soften slightly before rolling.
• Heat oven to 350°F. With floured rolling pin, roll pastry into round 2 inches larger than upside-down 9-inch glass pie plate. Fold pastry into fourths; place in pie plate. Unfold and ease into plate, pressing firmly against bottom and side. Trim overhanging edge of pastry 1 inch from rim of pie plate. Fold and roll pastry under, even with plate; flute as desired.
• In medium bowl, beat all filling ingredients except walnuts with wire whisk or hand beater. Stir in walnuts. Pour into pastry-lined pie plate. Cover edge with 2- to 3-inch strip of foil to prevent excessive browning.
• Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until crust is brown and filling is set, removing foil for last 15 minutes of baking. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or until chilled. Store in refrigerator.

GREEK WALNUT PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F Spray 9-inch glass pie pan with cooking spray. Make pie crusts as directed on box for Two-Crust Pie using sprayed pie pan.
• In medium bowl, mix walnuts, brown sugar, 2 tablespoons granulated sugar and the cinnamon. Pour and evenly spread 1/4 cup of the cooled melted butter over bottom of pie crust. Spread walnut mixture evenly over butter. Drizzle another 1/4 cup butter over nut mixture.
• Top with second crust; seal edge and flute. Cut large slits in several places in top crust for steam to escape. Drizzle remaining 1/4 cup butter evenly over top crust.
• Bake at 45 to 55 minutes or until golden brown. About 5 minutes before removing pie from oven, in 1-quart saucepan, cook honey and lemon juice over medium heat, stirring frequently, until mixture has a watery consistency.
• Remove pie from oven; place on wire rack. Slowly pour hot honey mixture evenly over top of hot pie, making sure it seeps into slits in top crust. Cool at least 3 hours before serving.
• Just before serving, in small bowl with electric mixer, beat topping ingredients on high speed about 2 minutes or until stiff peaks form. Spoon topping onto individual servings of pie.

GREEK HONEY NUT PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the walnuts, brown sugar and cinnamon; set aside. Brush a 9-in. pie plate with some of the butter; set aside., Unroll phyllo dough; keep covered with plastic wrap and a damp towel to prevent it from drying out. Layer eight sheets of phyllo in prepared pan, brushing each layer with butter and rotating sheets to cover the pie plate. Let edges of dough hang over sides. Sprinkle a third of the nut mixture onto the bottom., Layer four sheets of phyllo over nut mixture in the same manner; sprinkle with a third of the nut mixture. Repeat these last two steps. Top with an additional eight sheets of phyllo, again brushing with butter and rotating sheets. Fold ends of phyllo up over top of pie; brush with butter. , Using a sharp knife, cut into eight wedges. Cut 1-2 additional sheets of phyllo into thin strips, rolling into rose shapes if desired; arrange decoratively over top. (Save remaining phyllo for another use.) Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown., Meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine the sugar, water and honey; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Add vanilla. Pour over warm pie. Cool on a wire rack. Refrigerate leftovers.

HONEY-WALNUT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place a 9 1/8-by-1 3/8-inch tart ring on a baking sheet lined with parchment; set aside. On a lightly floured surface, roll out 1 disk of dough to 1/8 inch thick; cut into a 14-inch round. Fit into tart ring; trim overhang to 1/2 inch. Refrigerate while making filling.
• Whisk together 4 eggs, the honey, granulated sugar, butter, orange zest and juice, salt, and flour in a large bowl. Stir in walnuts. Pour into tart shell.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out remaining disk of dough to 1/8 inch thick. Cut into an 11-inch round. Cut 5 slits for vents. Drape over filling. Trim overhang to 1 inch; fold over bottom crust. Press edges to seal, and tuck into ring. Brush with remaining beaten egg, and sprinkle with sanding sugar.
• Bake until a knife inserted in one of the vents comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Transfer sheet to a wire rack; let cool completely. Remove ring before serving. Can be stored, covered, overnight.

BLUEBERRY WALNUT PIE

Steps:

• Crust:.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine graham cracker crumbs, 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts, butter, honey and cinnamon in large bowl and mix well. Press into 10-inch deep dish pie pan.
• Bake 10 minutes. Let cool while preparing filling.
• Filling:.
• Combine egg yolks, 1 cup blueberry juice, 1 cup whipping cream, sugar and cinnamon in 2-quart saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until mixture coats back of spoon or registers 180*, about 8 to 10 minutes, do not boil.
• Immediately pour into large bowl of electric mixer.
• Add lemon juice and vanilla and beat on low speed until yolk mixture begins to cool, approximately 3 to 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine 1/4 cup blueberry juice and gelatin in small saucepan and stir over low heat until gelatin is dissolved, about 2 minutes.
• Add small amount of cooling yolk mixture and blend well.
• Slowly add gelatin mixture to yolk mixture and blend well.
• Refrigerate, stirring frequently, until mouse just begins to thicken and set.
• Whip 1 cup cream in large bowl of electric mixture until stiff peaks form.
• Fold cream and blueberries into mousse.
• Spoon into prepared crust. Cover entire top of pie with toasted walnuts.
• Refrigerate until completely set, about 2 to 3 hours. Top each serving with whipped cream.

HEAVENLY HONEY-WALNUT PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F.
• Separate the weggs into two mixing bowls with the yolks in a larger one.
• Beat the egg yolks until they are thick and turn a pale yellow color.
• At a low speed beat in the sugar, salt, and spices and extract; then add the pumpkin, cream, margarine and cornstarch. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl and beat until all ingredients are thoroughly combined.
• Whisk the egg whites until the peaks are stiff but not dry.
• Stir 1/4 of the egg whites into the pumpkin custard to lighten it.
• Gently fold in the remaining egg whites in two installments.
• Pour into the pie shell and bake 450F for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 for 30 minutes and check if done. Thereafter check every 5 minutes.
• Pie is done when the custard wobbles only slightly when the pan is gently shakened or a toothpick inserted 2 inches from the center comes out mostly clean.
• Cool completely on a wire rack before cutting.
• Top each slice with honey, walnuts, and cream before serving.