Crunchy Peach Pie

Ingredients

Pie Crust

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 

1 teaspoon salt 

1 tablespoon sugar 

1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature) 

1/4 to 1/2 cup ice water

Filling

6 large peaches, peeled and sliced 

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 

1/4 cup brown sugar 

1 vanilla bean, halved with the seeds removed 

1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom 

3 tablespoons cornstarch 

1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Pie Crust


In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and sugar. Add the butter and, using your hands, squeeze together the butter and flour until it resembles coarse sand.
 Add 1/4 cup of ice water and mix together the dough with your hands until it holds together when squeezed. If needed, add more ice water by the tablespoon until the dough reaches this consistency.
 


Filling

Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius.


In a large bowl, combine peach slices and lemon juice. Set aside.


In a medium bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, vanilla bean seeds, ground cardamom, cornstarch, and salt. Sprinkle over the peaches and mix until evenly coated. Set aside once more.


On a lightly floured surface, roll out half of the pie crust dough into a circle and transfer to a pie pan. Gently press dough into the bottom and sides of the pan. Add the pie filling.
 


With the remaining dough, roll it out into a rectangle, keeping the thickness the same as the bottom crust. Using a long knife, cut the dough into 1-inch thick strips and arrange in a lattice pattern on top of the pie. Cut off any excess from the strips and pinch together the top and bottom pie dough to make a sealed edge around the rim. 

Bake the pie for 50-60 minutes, or until the pie crust is browned and the fruit is bubbly. Remove the pie from the oven and allow to cool for 2 hours before cutting into it.


Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or simply on its own.



In other news

A bear and a panda walk in to the zoo. Albeit being an awesome start to a joke, we really did make it to the zoo this weekend. After standing in the line (which has never really happened before) we had a nice sunny little walk around the zoo. Okay who are we kidding, most of our time was spent watching a little polar bear cub prance around the cage. When it went back inside for a hard earned nap, we sneaked out of a closed gate and had some nice italian noms in Rucola. 

Oh, and how do you know that they postponed the ice age again? Varblane lounge is open! Watermelon this, watermelon that, Oprah is giving away watermelon stuff for everyone! No but seriously, watermelon mojito and a watermelon-kiwi shisha go together so well.

Our next post will be from prison for breaking out of the zoo.

#renegade





Yours truly,

Bear and Panda