Sweet Tart Peach Cranberry Pie Food

PECAN CRANBERRY TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly toast pecans in a shallow baking pan in middle of oven until fragrant but not darker, about 5 minutes, then cool. Leave oven on.
• Cook 1/2 cup sugar in a dry 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, undisturbed, until it begins to melt. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a fork (to help sugar melt evenly), until sugar is melted into a deep golden caramel. Tilt pan and carefully add corn syrup (caramel will harden and steam vigorously). Cook over moderately low heat, stirring, until caramel is dissolved.
• Remove pan from heat and add butter, stirring until melted, then cool caramel until it stops bubbling. Whisk together eggs, salt, vanilla, and remaining 1/4 cup sugar, then add caramel in a stream, whisking constantly. 3Spread pecans and cranberries evenly in tart shell and pour caramel over them, tapping pecans and cranberries down to coat thoroughly. Bake tart in middle of oven until filling is set, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool completely in pan on a rack before removing rim of pan.

CRANBERRY PEACH TART

Steps:

• Press pastry into an ungreased 9-in. fluted tart pan with removable bottom or press onto the bottom and 1 in. up the sides of an ungreased 9-in. springform pan. Line unpricked pastry shell with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake at 425° for 5 minutes. Remove foil; bake 5 minutes longer or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack., In a large bowl, gently toss the peaches, cranberries, sugar, flour, nutmeg and salt. Pour into crust. , For topping, combine the flour, brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in almonds. Sprinkle over filling. , Bake at 375° for 40-45 minutes or until bubbly, covering loosely with foil during the last 20 minutes of baking.

PEAR CRANBERRY PIE

Steps:

• For the crust
• Place the butter, shortening and cranberry juice into the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• In the bowl of a food processor, combine the flour salt and sugar by pulsing 3 to 4 times. Add the butter and pulse 5 to 6 times until the texture looks mealy. Add the shortening and pulse another 3 to 4 times until incorporated.
• Remove the lid of the food processor and sprinkle in 5 tablespoons of the cranberry juice. Replace the lid and pulse 5 times. Add more cranberry juice as needed, and pulse again until the mixture holds together when squeezed. Weight the dough and divide in half. Shape each half into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
• Peel and core the pears. Slice into 1/4 to 1/2-inch thick wedges. Toss all of the pears with 1/4 cup of the sugar, place in a colander set over a large bowl and allow to drain for 1 1/2 hours.
• Transfer the drained liquid to a small saucepan, place over medium heat and reduce to 2 tablespoons. Set aside to cool. Toss the pears with the remaining sugar, cranberries, tapioca flour, jam, cranberry juice, lemon juice, salt and nutmeg.
• For assembling and baking the pie:
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Remove 1 disk of dough from the refrigerator. Place the dough onto a lightly floured piece of waxed paper. Lightly sprinkle the top of the dough with flour and roll out into a 12-inch circle. Place into a 9 1/2 to 10-inch tart pan that is 2 inches deep. Gently press the dough into the sides of the pan, crimping and trimming the edges as necessary. Set a pie bird in the center of the bottom of the pan. Place the pears into the unbaked pie shell in concentric circles starting around the edges, working towards the center and forming a slight mound in the center of the pie. Sprinkle the cranberries a little at a time as you go.
• Pour over any liquid that remains in the bowl. Roll out the second pie dough as the first. Place this dough over the apples, pressing the pie bird through the top crust. Press together the edges of the dough around the rim of the pie. Brush the top crust with the reduced juice everywhere except around the edge of the pie. Trim excess dough. Place the pie on a half sheet pan lined with parchment paper and bake on the floor of the oven for 30 minutes. Transfer to the lower rack of the oven and continue to bake another 20 minutes or until the pears are cooked through but not mushy. Remove to a rack and cool a minimum of 4 hours or until almost room temperature.

SWEET & TART PEACH CRANBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a 5 quart no-stick pot, add peaches, cranberries, and sugar, Bring to a boil stirring constantly and remove from heat.
• Add cornstarch to cold cranberry juice and stir until mixed well. Pour immediately into hot peach mix. Stir well and set filling aside.
• Spray 2 pie baking dishes with no-stick spray and line the bottoms of pie dishes with soft pie shells pressing to bottom and sides. Trim off excess crusts.
• Moisten the edges that make contact with the top with watter or egg wash, which ever you prefer.
• Fill bottom crusts with equal amounts of filling, stopping about 1/4 inch from top.
• Unroll and cover with remaining 2 pie shells, pressing down around the edges to seal them together, cut off excess crust.
• With a sharp knife cut at least 3 long slits in tops to allow pie to vent.
• Bake at 350°F for 35 to 40 minutes and tops are golden brown.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool 45 minutes.

SWEET DOUGH FOR PIES AND TARTS

Steps:

• To mix the dough by hand, combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder in a medium mixing bowl and stir well to mix. Cut butter into 1-tablespoon pieces and add to dry ingredients. Toss once or twice to coat pieces of butter. Using your hands or a pastry blender, rub the butter into the dry ingredients by breaking it into tiny pieces, continuously pinching and squeezing it into the dry ingredients. Be careful to keep the mixture uniform by occasionally reaching down to the bottom of the bowl and mixing all the ingredients evenly together. Continue rubbing the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles a coarse-ground cornmeal and no large pieces of butter remain visible. Beat the egg(s) in a small bowl and pour over the flour and butter mixture. Stir in with a fork, continuing to stir until the dough begins to hold together, but still appears somewhat dry. Scatter flour on the work surface and scrape the dough onto it. Press and knead the dough quickly 3 or 4 times, until it is smooth.
• To mix the dough in the food processor, combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder in work bowl fitted with metal blade. Pulse 3 times at 1-second intervals to mix. Cut butter into 1-tablespoon pieces and add to work bowl. Process, pulsing repeatedly at 1-second intervals, until the mixture is fine and powdery, resembles a coarse-ground cornmeal and no large pieces of butter remain visible, about 15 pulses in all. Add the egg(s) to the work bowl and pulse 10 times or so, until the dough forms a ball. Scatter flour on the work surface and scrape the dough onto it. Press and knead the dough quickly 3 or 4 times, until it is smooth.
• Press the dough into a disk (two equal disks for the larger amount of dough). Sandwich the disk(s) of dough between two pieces of plastic wrap and press it into a 6-inch disk. Refrigerate the dough until firm, or until you are ready to use it, at least 1 hour

CRANBERRY STREUSEL PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Smash berries. Stir in sugar and 1/4 cup flour. Pour filling into pie crust.
• Smash walnuts into small pieces. Stir in brown sugar, 1/4 cup flour, and shortening with a pastry blender. The mixture should be crumbly. Sprinkle streusel over pie.
• Place pie on a baking sheet and bake in preheated oven until crust is golden and filling is bubbly, about 45 minutes.

BAR HARBOR CRANBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Butter a 9 inch glass pie plate.
• Spread cranberries over the bottom of the buttered pie plate. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of sugar and pecans over the berries. In a medium bowl, mix together the eggs and remaining sugar until well blended. Stir in flour, margarine and shortening, beating well after each addition. Pour over the cranberries.
• Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, until the filling is set, and the top is lightly browned.

RASPBERRY PEACH TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. In a large bowl, combine peaches, raspberries and lemon juice. In another bowl, combine sugar, tapioca and cinnamon. Gently stir into fruit mixture; let stand 15 minutes., Unroll pie crust onto a parchment-lined 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Spoon filling over crust to within 2 in. of edge; dot with butter. Fold crust edge over filling, pleating as you go and leaving a 6-in. opening in the center. Brush folded crust with egg white; sprinkle with sugar. Bake on a lower oven rack until crust is golden and filling is bubbly, 25-30 minutes. Transfer tart to a wire rack to cool.

CRANBERRY & PEAR PIES

Steps:

• To make the pastry, tip the flour, almonds and sugar into a food processor then pulse in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Pulse in up to 5 tbsp cold water until mixture comes together as a dough. Wrap in cling film and chill for 1 hr.
• To make the filling, tip the cranberries into a pan with the sugar and cornflour and stir well. Stir in the orange curd, then cook for a few mins until thickened. Add the pears and cook a few mins more, stirring frequently. Cool.
• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5 with a large baking sheet inside. Roll out the pastry and use to line 8 x 10cm individual Yorkshire pudding tins (or 10cm individual tart tins). Spoon in the cooled filling. Roll out the rest of the dough and stamp out 4 x 9cm rounds to make lids. Cut out the centres with a medium star cutter.
• Carefully cover half the pies with the pastry lids and place the stars on a baking tray. Crimp the edges of each pie (if using straight edged tins) with your finger and thumb, brush the pies and stars with the egg then dredge with sugar. Bake the stars for 8-10 mins and the pies for 15-20 mins until golden. Dredge with more sugar once out of the oven. Place a star on the open pies and serve with cream or ice cream.

LAYERED APPLE CRANBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Bring cranberries, juice, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 tsp cinnamon and 1/4 tsp salt to boil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Cook, stirring occasionally and pressing berries to the side of the pan with a spoon, until berries have completely broken down and juices have thickened to jam-like consistency, 10-12 minutes (a spoon scraped across bottom leaves a clear trail that does not fill in).
• Remove from heat, stir in water and cool to room temp, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a large microwave safe bowl, combine 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp salt and the cornstarch; add apples and toss to combine.
• Microwave apples on high power, stirring every 3 minutes, until apples are just beginning to turn translucent at the edges and liquid is thick and glossy, 10-14 minutes. Cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes.
• While fillings cool, adjust oven rack to lowest position, place a rimmed baking sheet on the rack and preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Line a 9-inch pie plate with one of your piecrusts. Transfer cranberry filling to crust lined pie plate and spread in an even layer. Place apple mixture on top of cranberry layer, mounding slightly in the center. Press down any sharp apple edges.
• Position second piecrust over apples, trim the overhang and flute the edges to seal. Brush with egg white and sprinkle with 1 TBSP sugar. With a sharp kife, cut (4) 1-inch slits in top of dough, forming a cross.
• Place pie on preheated baking sheet and bake until top is light golden brown, 20-25 minutes.
• Reduce oven temp to 375F, rotate baking sheet and continue to bake until crust is deep golden brown, 25-30 minutes longer.

NANTUCKET CRANBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray an 8-inch deep dish pie pan with cooking spray. Pour cranberries, pecans, and 1/2 cup sugar into the pie pan.
• Combine flour, remaining 3/4 cup sugar, melted butter, eggs, and almond extract in a bowl. Mix with an electric beater until creamy and white in color. Pour over cranberry mixture in the pie pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until slightly crusty on the edges, lightly set in the middle, and light golden in color, about 35 minutes. Don't overbake; you do not want to dry it out to a cake-like consistency.

FROZEN CRANBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Spread the pie crust in a 9 inch pie plate and bake at 450 degrees for 9- 11 minutes until light golden brown; cool completely.
• For the filling combine the 2 C of cranberries and 1 C of sugar and let stand for 5 minutes.
• Add the egg whites, orange juice concentrate, vanilla and salt and beat on a low speed until blended and frothy.
• Beat on high speed until stiff peaks form.
• Fold into the cranberry mixture.
• Pour into the cooled crust and freeze until firm and ready to serve.
• At serving time make the glaze by combining the 1/4 C sugar and cornstarch, in a small pan, then the 1/2 C cranberries and 1/3 C water.
• Cook and stir until the mixture becomes thick and bubbly.
• Cool.
• Spoon over the pie right before serving, spreading and shaping the glaze into a star shape on top of the pie.
• Cooking and preparation time are divided between the filling and glaze.

CRANBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Grease 10 inch pie pan.
• Spread cranberries over the bottom of pan.
• Sprinkle them with the 1/2 cup sugar and chopped nuts.
• In a bowl, mix the eggs and beat well.
• Add flour, remaining sugar, and butter to the beaten eggs.
• Beat well.
• Pour batter over cranberries.
• Bake at 325* for 1 hour.
• Serve hot with vanilla ice cream or serve warm/cool with whipped cream.

PEACH-BLUEBERRY STREUSEL TART

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom.
• Mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and cardamom in a bowl for the crust. Add in melted butter and vanilla extract. Stir until mixture comes together into a soft dough.
• Place dough in the prepared pan; press evenly over the bottom and up the sides. Use a fork to gently prick the bottom of the crust several times. Place the pan on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crust is just beginning to brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
• Toss sliced peaches, blueberries, honey, and lemon juice together in a bowl until evenly coated. Pour filling into the cooled crust, slightly mounding the fruit in the middle.
• Mix flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a bowl until topping is combined. Stir in melted butter and vanilla extract until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle topping evenly over the filling.
• Return the tart to the oven and bake until topping is lightly browned and filling is bubbling, 37 to 42 minutes. Cool to room temperature before removing from the pan. Place tart in the refrigerator and cool completely before slicing.

IMPOSSIBLY EASY CRANBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 10-inch pie plate with nonstick baking spray containing flour.
• Mix cranberries, orange peel, and walnuts and sprinkle evenly into pie plate.
• Combine remaining ingredients in a large bowl and beat until smooth. Carefully pour over cranberries in pie plate.
• Bake 35-40 minutes in preheated oven or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Chill for 6 hours before serving. Garnish with ice cream or whipped cream.

CRANBERRY PEAR TART

Steps:

• Press crust onto the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 9-in. tart pan with removable bottom; trim edges. Generously prick the bottom with a fork; set aside. , In a large skillet, cook the pears, cranberries, apple juice concentrate and apple pie spice over medium heat until pears are tender. Pour into crust. Bake at 375° until crust is golden brown, 30-35 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.