Cranberry Almond Pie
- 1 13 cups all-purpose flour
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons cold butter or 5 tablespoons margarine, cut up
- 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening
- 4 12 tablespoons ice water
- 7 ounces almond paste
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened
- 12 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 14 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 12 ounces cranberries
- 23 cup sugar
- 13 cup water
- 12 teaspoon grated fresh orange peel, plus additional (to garnish)
- To prepare baked pie shell: In food processor with knife blade attached, pulse flour and salt until well blended.
- Add cold butter and shortening, and pulse just until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Sprinkle in ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, pulsing after each addition, just until large moist crumbs begin to form.
- With hands, shape dough into disk; wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 30 minutes or overnight.
- (If chilled overnight, let dough stand 30 minutes at room temperature before rolling to prevent cracking.
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- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- On lightly floured surface, with floured rolling pin, roll dough into 12-inch round.
- Ease dough into 9-inch glass or ceramic pie plate.
- Gently press dough against bottom and up sides of plate without stretching.
- Trim dough edge, leaving 1-inch overhang.
- Fold overhang under; pinch to form stand-up edge, then make decorative edge.
- Freeze pie shell for 15 minutes.
- Line pie shell with foil or parchment paper, and fill with pie weights, dried beans, or uncooked rice.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until beginning to set.
- Remove foil with weights, and bake 13 to 15 minutes longer or until golden.
- If shell puffs during baking, gently press it down with back of spoon.
- Cool on wire rack at least 10 minutes.
- Reset oven control to 350 degrees.
- To prepare almond filling: In food processor with knife blade attached, blend almond paste, softened butter, and sugar until smooth.
- Add eggs, flour, and salt; blend until well mixed, occasionally scraping down side of processor bowl with rubber spatula.
- Fill pie shell with almond filling.
- Bake 30 to 33 minutes or until filling is slightly puffed and golden.
- Cool completely on wire rack, about 3 hours.
- While pie is baking and cooling, prepare Cranberry Topping: In 2-quart saucepan, combine 1 1/2 cups cranberries with sugar, water, and 1/2 teaspoon orange peel; heat to boiling on high.
- Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 5 minutes or until mixture thickens slightly and most cranberries have popped, stirring occasionally.
- Stir in remaining cranberries.
- Set cranberry topping aside to cool to room temperature.
- To serve, spoon cranberry topping over almond filling just before serving; garnish with orange peel.
- Refrigerate any leftovers up to 4 days.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cranberry-almond-pie-451694 (may not work)