Honey Apple Pie with Orange Lattice Crust
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 tablespoons chilled vegetable shortening, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 6 to 7 tablespoons chilled orange juice
- 2 generous tablespoons coarsely chopped dried tart cherries
- 2 generous tablespoons finely chopped dried apricots
- 2 generous tablespoons finely chopped dried peaches
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 2 1/2 pounds Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored, thinly sliced
- 3 1/2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
- {Step One} Combine flour, sugar and salt in large bowl; add butter.
- Using fingertips, rub in butter until pieces range in size from rice grains to peas.
- Add shortening; rub in until pieces are size of small peas.
- Sprinkle 5 tablespoons juice over, tossing gently with fork to blend.
- Continue adding enough juice 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with a fork, to form moist clumps.
- Gather dough into ball; divide into 2 parts, 1 slightly larger than the other.
- Flatten dough onto disks.
- Wrap in plastic; chill 1 1/2 hours or up to 1 day.
- Mix cherries, apricots, peaches and orange juice in large bowl.
- Let stand 30 minutes.
- Mix in apples, flour, cinnamon and cardamom; then mix in honey, butter and orange peel.
- Position rack in bottom third of oven, and preheat to 425F.
- Roll out larger dough disk on lightly floured surface to 13-inch round.
- Transfer dough to 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish.
- Trim overhand to 1/2 inch.
- Roll out second dough disk on lightly floured surface to 12-inch round.
- Using fluted pastry wheel or knife, cut dough into 1/2-inch-wide strips.
- Spoon filling into bottom crust.
- {Step Two} Arrange 6 pastry strips evenly atop filling.
- Arrange 6 more strips at right angles, forming lattice.
- Fold under ends of strips with overhanging dough.
- {Step Three} Crimp crust edge decoratively.
- Bake pie 10 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350F.
- Bake until apples are tender and juices bubble thickly around edge, about 1 hour 10 minutes longer.
- Transfer pie to rack.
- Cool 1 hour.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/honey-apple-pie-with-orange-lattice-crust-5167 (may not work)