Spiced Apricot And Plum Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 Celsius (400 F). Grease 26 cm (10.5 inch) pie dish or deep 1.25 litre (5 cup) rectangle dish.
• Drain plums and reserve 1 cup of syrup.
• Halve plums, discard stones, place plums in prepared dish.
• Combine reserve syrup, apricots, cinnamon, cloves, mixed spice and ginger in medium saucepan.
• Simmer uncovered until liquid is reduced to ½ cup.
• Note : if your apricots are a little tart, add the sugar to the saucepan.
• Remove and discard cinnamon stick and cloves. Cool mixture to room temperature. Pour mixture over plums.
• Cut the pastry into 2.5cm strips. Brush edge of pie dish with some of the egg. Press pastry strips around edge of dish. Place remaining strips in lattice pattern over pie. Brush with remaining egg.
• Bake for about 40 minutes or until pastry is browned lightly. If pastry starts to brown too quickly, cover with foil for the last 10 -15 minutes of baking time.
• Dust with icing sugar and serve with spiced yoghurt cream.
• Spiced yoghurt cream : Combine ingredients in a small bowl.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Line a 9-in. pie plate or cast iron skillet with bottom pastry; trim even with edge. Arrange plums in crust. In a small bowl, combine sugar, flour, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg. Stir in egg, orange juice and zest. Pour over plums; dot with butter. , Roll out remaining pastry to fit top of pie; place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in pastry., Bake 45-50 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly (cover edges with foil during the last 15 minutes to prevent overbrowning if necessary). Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes before cutting. Serve warm with ice cream if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Mix plums, sugar, flour and nutmeg and pour into pie crust.
• You can leave it open or top with another crust or make a lattice top, we have tried it every way, just depends what you like.
• Bake at 400 for 10 minutes, reduce heat to 350 and bake for 30 - 35 minutes more.

Steps:

• Roll out 1 pie crust disk on floured surface to 13 1/2-inch round. Transfer to 9-inch glass pie dish. Trim overhang to 1 inch. Refrigerate crust while preparing filling.
• Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 375°F. Place foil-lined baking sheet in bottom of oven to catch any spills. Mix 3 tablespoons sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon in small bowl; set aside. Whisk 1 cup sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon, and next 6 ingredients in large bowl. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean. Add plums and toss to coat. Spoon filling into crust, mounding slightly in center.
• Roll out second pie crust disk on floured surface to 13 1/2-inch round. Drape crust over filling; trim overhang to 1 inch. Press top and bottom crust edges together. Fold edges under; crimp. Using sharp knife, cut four 2-inch-long slits in center of top crust to allow steam to escape. Brush crust (but not edges) with cream. Sprinkle reserved cinnamon sugar over crust.
• Bake pie 30 minutes. Tent pie loosely with foil to prevent overbrowning. Continue to bake until filling bubbles thickly through slits, about 1 hour longer. Cool completely on rack.