Peach Pie: Make this Summer More Delicious

Peaches are great fruit items that can be used in different dish recipes to make them more nutritious and delicious. Peaches can be added to cocktails to make them sweeter, in salsas to make them more tasteful and in any cobbler or crisp to enhance their taste and health value. We are lucky as the season of peaches is on and we can get fresh peaches in the market at this time. Peach pie is a delicious dish that most of us like to relish. If you do not want to miss the taste of Peach pie in this season, get ready to prepare the delicious dish at your home. Here is the necessary ingredients and preparation method.

Pie Crust preparation:

Ingredients:

1. 1 ½ cup whole wheat flour
2. 1 ½ cup plain flour
3. 1 tsp kosher salt
4. ½  cup unsalted butter, cubed and chilled
5. ½ cup lard
6. ½  cup ice cold water

Pie Crust preparation method:

• Place the flour and salt in a bowl. Add lard and butter to the bowl. 
• Knead the flour into lard and butter; and as you get lumps of flour in your hands, rub them well until you get uniformly mixed damp dough.
• Add water and again knead them like before.
• Take the dough out of the bowl and cut it into two equal chunks. Cover the chunks with plastic wraps and put them in refrigerator for 30 minutes.   
• Now you need to roll the dough with a rolling pin to transform the dough into 10-12 inches diameter circle having 1/8 to ¼ inch thickness. Sprinkle some flour dust over the dough to make the process easier.   
• Place the dough crust carpet in a 9-inch Pie pan. 

Prepare the fillings: 

Ingredients:

• 6 to 8 fresh peaches 
• ½  cup sugar
• 2 tsp cornstarch
• Juice of half a lemon
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 egg white mixed with 2 tsp water 
• sugar for dusting

Peach Pie (Adding fillings and Finishing):

1. Place water in a large pot and place it on a preheated oven at 400 F. Blanch the peaches for 10 to 20 seconds.

2. Peel off the skin from Peaches. Cut them into halves. Slice each half into 3 pieces.

3. Transfer the Peach slices into a large bowl and mix them well with sugar and cornstarch. This will avoid clumping of the cornstarch.

4. Add lemon juice, nutmeg and cinnamon to the slices.

5. Use your hands to mix sugar and spices.

6. Now transfer the peach fillings (slices mixed with other ingredients) over the dough crust placed in the pie pan.

7. Pour the juice over the top until it comes 3/4 of the way to the top.

8. Roll out the top crust and either cut it into strips for a lattice top or use it as whole.

9. Use egg white at the edges of the bottom crust to attach the top crust. Trim the excess crust. Crimp the crust.

10. Brush the top crust with egg wash and sprinkle sugar over it.

11. Place the pie on a sheet tray with open edges that makes easier to take the pie on and off from the oven.

12. Bake the pie for 20 minutes at 400 degree Fahrenheit and then reduce the heat to 350 F.

13. Bake it for another 40 to 50 minutes or until the juices are bubbling and the crust turns brown.

14. Remove the Peach pie from the oven and allow it to cool down.

15. Peach Pie is ready. You can slice it and serve cold or warm, with cream or ice cream, or without adding anything.