Servings:
8 Servings
Time to make:
Not Available
Calories per Servings:
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INGREDIENTS:
- 1/4 tsp almond extract
- 3/4 tsp nutmeg
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup almonds -- sliced
- 10 tbsp butter -- chilled
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
- 2 tbsp dry bread crumbs
- 2 tbsp shortening -- chilled
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 lemon
- 9 peaches -- about 3 pounds
STEP BY STEP:
- Combine 1 cup flour and 1/2 tsp salt. Cut in 4 tbsp of butter and the shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal with a few pea-sized pieces remaining.
- Sprinkle in 3 to 4 tbsp ice water, a tablespoon at a time, until dough just comes together. Gather into a disk. Wrap and chill at least 30 minutes. Combine remaining cup of flour, 1/3 cup brown sugar, 1/4 tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp nutmeg.
- Cut in remaining 6 tbsp of butter until crumbly. Stir in almonds. Chill. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out chilled pie pastry to fit a 9" pie pan.
- Fit pastry into pan. Trim and flute edges. Chill. Heat oven to 475. Grate 1 tsp of lemon zest from the lemon and squeeze 1 tb. of juice. Peel peaches and slice.
- Combine with remaining 2/3 cup brown sugar, remaining 1/2 ts nutmeg, lemon zest and juice, cornstarch and almond extract.
- Sprinkle bread crumbs over bottom of pie shell and fill with peach mixture. Sprinkle almond crumb mixture on top.
- Bake 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350. Continue baking until top is browned and fruit juices are bubbling, 50 to 55 minutes. Cool completely before cutting.
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