Best Perfect Peach Pie Recipes

PERFECT PEACH PIE

Steps:

• Make the pie dough. Using your fingertips or the pulse function of a food processor, blend together the flour, butter and salt until the mixture resembles a coarse meal. There should be pebbles of butter throughout the mixture.
• Add egg yolk and vinegar to 1/4 cup ice water, and stir to combine. Drizzle 4 tablespoons of this mixture over the dough, and gently stir or pulse to combine. Gather a golf-ball-size bit of dough, and squeeze to combine. If it does not hold together, add a little more of the liquid, and stir or pulse, then check again. Repeat as necessary.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and gather together into a rough ball. Divide the ball in half with a knife or a pastry scraper, then divide each portion in half again, and again, to create 8 portions. Using the heel of your hand, flatten each portion of dough once or twice to expand the pebbles of butter, then gather the dough together again in one ball. Divide this ball in half.
• Flatten each ball into a 5- or 6-inch disc, one slightly larger than the other. Wrap the discs in plastic wrap, and place in the refrigerator for at least 60 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 425. Make the pie filling: Combine sliced peaches, lemon juice, sugar and flour in a large bowl, and gently mix to combine. Set aside.
• Take the larger of the pastry discs out of the refrigerator, roll it out on a lightly floured surface and place in a 9-inch pie plate. Add the peaches. Sprinkle them with the ground nutmeg.
• Roll out second disc of pastry. Place on top of filling. Wet edges of the bottom pastry disc with some cold water. Trim pastry, pinch bottom and top edges together and cut a few slits to allow steam to escape from the pie. Brush the egg white on the top, particularly around the edges, and sprinkle with a pinch of granulated sugar.
• Bake the pie for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 375. Cook until peaches bubble and pastry is golden, approximately 45 minutes to an hour.

PERFECT PLUM & PEACH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Unroll crust onto a lightly floured surface; roll into a 12-in. circle. Transfer to a 9-in. deep-dish pie plate; trim and flute edge. Refrigerate while preparing filling., Toss peaches and plums with flour, sugar and spices; transfer to crust. Using a fork, mix topping ingredients until crumbly; sprinkle over fruit., Bake on a lower oven rack until golden brown and bubbly, 40-50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

PERFECT PEACH PIE RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F. In a large bowl combine the sliced peaches and lemon juice, gently toss together. Place the sliced peaches in a colander to drain. Don't skip this step, this eliminates some of the juice so your pie won't be soupy after it's cut. When I drained my peaches I collected almost a 1/4 cup of juice. Drain peaches about 10 to 15 minutes. Place drained peaches in a large bowl. Place one homemade or pre-made pie crust in the bottom of a 9 inch pie pan. Brush the pie crust (bottom and sides) with a little of the beaten egg. This keeps the crust from getting soggy. Keep the rest of the beaten egg to brush on the top crust. In a medium size bowl combine the flour, cornstarch, sugars, cinnamon and salt. Stir to combine. Pour the flour mixture over the drained peaches and gently fold them together. Pour peaches into the bottom pie crust and dot with butter. Place the top crust over the peaches and flute edges. Brush with the rest of the beaten egg and cut 4 slits in the top crust to vent steam. You can sprinkle sugar on top of the crust for decoration if you like. Place pie on a baking sheet, I always do this so there's no chance of spills in the oven. Bake the pie for 10 minutes, reduce heat to 350 degrees. Bake an additional 30 to 35 minutes until crust is brown and juices bubble up through the slits. If your pie edges brown to quickly, cover the edges with strips of aluminum foil and continue baking.

PERFECT PEACH PIE WITH BASIL WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375° F. Load bottom pie crust into pie pan; line crust with tin foil and fill with dried beans (any variety). Bake crust until sides are pale golden, about 35 minutes. Transfer to cooling rack; remove foil and beans. Cool completely, while executing Steps 2-4. 2. Cut an X in the bottom of each peach, and blanch in boiling water for about 15 seconds; transfer to ice bath. Peel and halve peaches, cutting each half into 3 wedges (6 wedges per peach). 3. In large bowl, combine ½ cup sugar, cinnamon, and salt, mixing well. Add peaches and lemon juice, toss well to coat, and let stand 30 minutes. 4. Meanwhile, prepare peach caramel sauce: In medium saucepan, stir ½ cup sugar and ¼ cup water over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat until liquid is boiling; without stirring, boil until syrup is deep amber (~11 min), occasionally swirling pan to ensure even browning and brushing down sides with wet pastry brush. Remove from heat, and add butter and cream. Mixture will bubble vigorously, but stir caramel until smooth. Strain juices from peaches into caramel, and let cool. 5. Oven should still be preheated to 375º F. Add lukewarm caramel AND FLOUR to peaches and toss gently. Add peach filling to pre-baked bottom pie crust, mounding in center. Cover filling with second (un-cooked) pie dough disk, crimping edges together. Brush pie top with 1 tbsp remaining cream and dust with cinnamon sugar. Cut 3 steam vents in crust with paring knife, and cook for 35 minutes; tent with foil if oven is prone to burning crusts. Continue to bake until crust is golden-brown and filling is bubbling, about another 30 minutes. Let cool completely before serving. 6. While pie is cooking and cooling, prepare basil whipped cream: Rinse and dry basil well. In food processor, purée basil leaves. Add basil purée to bowl with chilled cream and sugar; beat with electric mixer just until it holds soft peaks. Serve with freshly baked pie.

PERFECT PEACH PIE (AND PIE CRUST!)

Steps:

• Make the pie dough. Using your fingertips or the pulse function of a food processor, blend together the flour, butter and salt until the mixture resembles a coarse meal. There should be pebbles of butter throughout the dough. (I grate butter and simply mix in by hand).
• Add egg yolk and vinegar to 1/4 cup ice water, and stir to combine. Drizzle 4 tablespoons of this mixture over the dough, and gently stir or pulse to combine. Gather a golf-ball size of dough and squeeze to combine. If it does not hold together, add a little more liquid, and stir or pulse, then check again. Repeat ae necessary.
• Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface, and gather together into a rough ball. Divide each portion in half again, and again, to create 8 portions. Using the heel of your hand, flatten each portion of dough once or twice to expand the pebbles of butter. Stack flattened portions and form into one ball. Divide ball roughly in half (one side slightly larger than the other). Flatten each ball into a 5 or six inch disc, one slightly larger than the other. Wrap the discs in plastic wrap, and place in the refrigerator for at least 6o minutes.
• Preheat oven to 425. Make the pie filling: combine slice peaches, lemon juice and sugar in a large bowl, and gently mix to combine. Note, I use about half to two-thirds of sugar suggested depending upon sweetness of peaches. Let sit for 2-4 hours.
• Drain juices into a pan. Depending upon the amount of liquid, I add about 1-2 tablespoons of piloncillo sugar, 1/2-1 tablespoon of butter, and 1/2 of small vanilla bean, with a squeeze of lemon. Reduce this mixture until almost caramelized. Then add this mixture back to peaches and combine.
• Take the larger of the pastry discs out of the refrigerator, roll it out on lightly floured surface and place in a 9-inch pie plate (I use 8 inch). Sprinkle cinnamon on peaches, Add the peaches.
• Roll out second disc of pastry. Place onto of filling. Wet edges of bottom pastry disc with some cold water. Trim pastry. Pinch bottom and top pastry edges together and cut a few slits to allow steam to escape fro the pie. Brush the egg white on toe, particularly around the edges, and sprinkle top with turbinado sugar.
• Bake the pie for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 375. Cook until peaches bubble and pastry is golden, approximately 45 minutes to an hour.

PERFECT PIE CRUST PEACH PIE RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• PIE CRUST: Sift flour, salt, and sugar together. Cut in shortening, be gentle, don't over-do it. You want the mixture to be light and crumbly. When you have crumbles that are a little smaller than pea-sized, add water 1 tablespoon at a time. If you pinch some of the crumbly dough and it barely holds together it's ready. If the dough doesn't hold together, add a little more water and continue to mix. Remove dough from bowl and place in a mound on a clean surface. Gently shape into 2 balls, cover with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for at least an hour or so (preferably overnight) This pie crust recipe could be for 2 crusts, or a top and bottom crust. On a floured board or floured wax paper, turn the dough out and flatten it with the hands into a round. Flour the rolling pin and begin rolling the pie crust into a roughly round shape, until it is about two inches larger than the pie pan. Carefully fold the dough into quarters and place it in the pie pan, with the point of the pie crust in the middle of the pan. Unfold the pie crust and gently pat it into place into the bottom and sides of the pan. Trim the crust press down with fingers or a fork. Sprinkle all over with sugar before baking. PEACH PIE FILLING: Combine the dry ingredients, then stir in peaches and almond extract. Pour the filling into the unbaked pie crust. Top with the 2nd crust and make slits in the top for the moisture to release. Bake at 375°F until crust turns golden brown, about 35-40 minutes.