Peach Crumble Slab Pie
- 2 1/2 cups/300 grams all-purpose flour, more as needed
- 3/4 teaspoon/4 grams fine sea salt
- 2 1/2 sticks/10 ounces/285 grams cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 4 to 6 tablespoons ice water, as needed
- 6 pounds ripe peaches, nectarines or a mix, pitted and cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks
- 1 1/4 cups/135 grams packed light brown sugar, more to taste
- 13 cup/50 grams instant tapioca
- Zest of 3 lemons
- 3 tablespoons/45 milliliters fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons/5 grams finely grated nutmeg
- 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds scraped, or 1 teaspoon/5 milliliters vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon/6 grams fine sea salt
- 1 1/2 cups/180 grams all-purpose flour
- 1 cup/200 grams packed dark brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons/10 grams ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 teaspoons/3 grams ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon/3 grams fine sea salt
- 1 1/2 sticks/6 ounces/170 grams unsalted butter, cubed
- In a food processor, briefly pulse together flour and salt.
- Add butter and pulse until mixture forms chickpea-size pieces (6 to 8 1-second pulses).
- Add ice water 1 tablespoon at a time and pulse until mixture is just moist enough to hold together.
- Form dough into a large ball.
- Wrap with plastic and flatten into a disk.
- Refrigerate at least 1 hour.
- Using a lightly floured rolling pin, gently roll out dough to an 11-x-15-inch rectangle, dusting with flour if dough is sticking.
- Fold dough in half and transfer to a 9-x-13-inch baking dish.
- Carefully press crust into the bottom of the pan and completely up the edges so its flush with the top of the pan (you dont need to crimp the dough).
- Return crust to refrigerator while you prepare the filling and crumble topping.
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Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016691 (may not work)