Pear and Sour Cherry Mincemeat Pie
- 2 recipes pastry dough
- 3 1/2 cups pear and sour cherry mincemeat
- an egg wash made by beating 1 large egg yolk with 1 teaspoon water
- On a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin roll out half of dough 1/8 inch thick (about a 12-inch round).
- Fit dough into a 9-inch (1-quart capacity) pie plate and trim edge, leaving a 3/4-inch overhang.
- Chill shell 30 minutes.
- On lightly floured surface roll out remaining dough 1/8 inch thick (about a 10-inch round) and with a sharp large knife or pastry wheel cut into 1/2-inch-wide strips.
- Put a 9-inch cardboard round (see above) on a baking sheet and arrange 4 pastry strips 3/4 inch apart in middle of round.
- Working with 1 pastry strip at a time, weave remaining strips over and under pastry strips on round, beginning in middle and working out to sides, and letting excess hang over round.
- Freeze lattice top, covered loosely, on round on baking sheet until firm, about 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 425 F.
- Spoon mincemeat into shell, smoothing top.
- Lift lattice top together with round off baking sheet and slide pastry carefully onto pie.
- (If pastry sticks to baking sheet or round, pry loose carefully with a small knife.)
- Let lattice top soften until pliable and trim flush with rim of pie plate.
- Roll shell overhang up over edge of lattice top, crimping edge decoratively.
- Brush lattice top with egg wash and bake pie in middle of oven until pastry is golden and filling just begins to bubble around edge, about 25 minutes.
- Transfer pie to a rack and cool.
- Serve pie warm or at room temperature.
pastry, pear, egg
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/pear-and-sour-cherry-mincemeat-pie-13426 (may not work)