Apple Cherry Pie with Coconut Almond Crumb Topping
- 1 recipe Flaky Cream Cheese Pastry, refrigerated
- 5 cups peeled, cored, and sliced apples
- 3 cups pitted and halved fresh cherries
- 3 tablespoons amaretto
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
- 1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut
- 6 tablespoons ( 3/4 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
- 1 tablespoon milk or light cream
- If you havent already, prepare the pastry and refrigerate it until firm enough to roll, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
- On a sheet of lightly floured waxed paper, roll the pastry into a 13 1/2-inch circle with a floured rolling pin.
- Invert the pastry over a 9-inch deep-dish pie pan.
- Center it, then peel off the paper.
- Gently tuck the pastry into the pan, without stretching it, and sculpt the overhang into an upstanding ridge.
- Put the pie shell in the freezer for at least 30 minutes.
- To make the filling, combine the apples, cherries, amaretto, vanilla, and lemon juice in a large mixing bowl; toss well.
- Mix in 1/2 cup of the sugar.
- Set aside for 10 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- In a small bowl, mix the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar with the cornstarch.
- Sprinkle over the fruit and toss well.
- Turn the filling into the frozen pie shell.
- Smooth the filling with your hands to even it out.
- Place directly on the center oven rack and bake for 35 minutes.
- While the pie bakes, make the topping.
- Put the flour, sugar, salt, almonds, and coconut in a food processor and pulse several times to mix.
- Remove the lid and scatter the butter pieces over the dry ingredients.
- Pulse the machine repeatedly, until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
- Add the milk and pulse again until the crumbs are more gravelly in texture.
- Refrigerate.
- After 35 minutes, remove the pie from the oven and place it on a large, dark baking sheet covered with aluminum foil.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 375 degrees.
- Carefully dump the crumbs in the center of the pie and spread them evenly over the surface with your hands.
- Press on the crumbs gently to compact them.
- Put the pie on the baking sheet back in the oven and bake until the juices bubble thickly around the edge, another 35 to 40 minutes.
- Transfer the pie to a cooling rack and let cool for at least 1 hour before slicing.
cream cheese pastry, apples, cherries, amaretto, vanilla, lemon juice, sugar, cornstarch, flour, sugar, salt, almonds, coconut, cold unsalted butter, milk
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/apple-cherry-pie-with-coconut-almond-crumb-topping (may not work)