Rustic Plum Pie
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) plus 1 tablespoon cold unsalted butter
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 to 5 tablespoons ice water
- 1 pound Italian prune plums
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- Make dough: Cut butter into bits and in a bowl with a pastry blender or in a food processor blend or pulse together with, flour, sugar, and salt until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Add 2 tablespoons ice water and toss or pulse until incorporated.
- Add enough remaining ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with a fork or pulsing to incorporate, to form a dough.
- Gather dough into a ball.
- On a work surface smear dough with heel of hand in 3 or 4 forward motions to make dough easier to work with.
- Form dough into a ball and flatten into a disk.
- Chill dough, wrapped in plastic wrap, 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Make filling: Halve and pit plums.
- Cut plums into 3/4-inch-thick wedges and in a bowl toss with sugar, cornstarch, and lemon juice.
- On a lightly floured surface with floured rolling pin roll out dough into an 11-inch round (about 1/8-inch thick).
- Transfer dough to a 9-inch (1-quart) glass pie plate.
- (Do not trim overhang.)
- Spoon filling into shell and fold edge of dough over filling, leaving center uncovered.
- Bake pie in middle of oven 35 minutes.
- Brush crust with milk and sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake pie 10 minutes more, or until filling is bubbling and crust is golden.
- Cool pie on a rack.
cold unsalted butter, flour, sugar, salt, water, italian prune plums, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, milk, sugar
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rustic-plum-pie-recipe.html (may not work)