Apple Pie With Cheddar Cheese Crust
- For crust:
- 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 1/2 cup chilled solid shortening, cut into pieces
- 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese (4 oz)
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/3 cup ice water
- For filling:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 3 lbs Pippen or Granny Smith apples
- 2 Tbl fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise (~ 2 tsp vanilla extract)
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 Tbl sugar
- For crust:
- Combine flour, sugar, unsalted butter and shortening in large bowl. Using electric mixer, beat on low speed until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add grated cheddar cheese. Add egg yolk and ice water; mix until just combined. Divide dough in half. Gather into two balls; flatten each into disk. Wrap each in plastic and refrigerate 30 minutes (can be made two days ahead).
- For filling:
- Preheat oven to 350F. Butter 10 inch glass pie plate. Combine 1 cup sugar and flour in large bowl. Peel, core and thinly slice apples. Add apples to bowl and toss. Sprinkle with lemon juice and scrape in seeds from vanilla bean.
- Roll our one dough disk to 15 inches round. Transfer to pie plate, allowing excess to extend over edges. Roll out second dough disk to 15 inches round. Mound filling in crust in pan and gently press apples to compact slightly. Place second crust over filling. Trim both crusts leaving 1/2 inch overhang; pinch crusts together to seal edges. Fold under to just fit inside pie plate. Crimp edges.
- Whisk egg yolk and 1 Tbl sugar in small bowl. Brush top of pie generously with egg yol glaze. With small knife, cut six slits in top crust to allow steam to escape. Bake until crust is deep golden brown and apples are tender, about oe hour 10 minutes. Cool one hour.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/apple-pie-with-cheddar-cheese-crust-50108198 (may not work)