Old Fashioned Exquisite Pie Recipes

OLD FASHIONED PIE

Steps:

• For the crust: Pulse the flour, shortening, granulated sugar, vinegar and salt in a food processor until it looks like fine meal. Add the butter, and pulse until it is in pea-size pieces. Sprinkle in 2 tablespoons of the ice water, and pulse until the dough begins to come together. Pinch the dough with your fingers; if it doesn't hold together, add up to 2 teaspoons more ice water, 1 teaspoon at a time, pulsing and checking the dough after each addition. Wrap the dough tightly, and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour or preferably overnight.
• Position a rack in the center of the oven, and preheat to 375 degrees F. Roll the dough into a disc 11 to 12 inches wide on a lightly floured surface. Sandwich the dough between pieces of parchment or wax paper on a baking sheet, and refrigerate for at least 10 minutes. Lay the dough in an 8-inch pie pan so it extends about 1/2 inch beyond the edge of the pan. Fold the outer edge of the dough up under itself, and crimp decoratively between your index finger and forefinger. Poke the dough all over with a fork, and refrigerate for 10 minutes more. Line the pie crust with parchment or foil, fill with pie weights or beans and bake until the dough appears dry to the touch, about 20 minutes. Remove the foil and weights, and continue cooking the crust until it's light brown and cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes more. Let the crust cool completely on a wire rack.
• For the filling: Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Whisk the heavy cream, granulated sugar, yolks, egg, bourbon, zest, cherry juice and salt in a medium bowl until smooth. Place the cooled crust on a rimmed baking sheet, and pour the custard into the crust. To avoid overbrowning, cut 2 strips of aluminum foil to wrap over the crust edges. Carefully transfer the pie to the oven, and bake until the custard is set but still has a slight jiggle, 50 to 60 minutes. Let the pie cool completely on a wire rack, about 4 hours. If serving the next day, let cool completely, then wrap and refrigerate overnight.
• For the bourbon whipped cream: Beat the confectioners' sugar and bourbon in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed. Add the heavy cream, increase the speed to medium-high and beat until firm peaks form, about 1 minute.
• Put six 2-tablespoon dollops of the whipped cream around the pie, and top each with a cherry. Twist the orange slices, and place them in between the whipped cream dollops. Serve the pie with the remaining whipped cream.

EXQUISITE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• In a large mixing bowl combine eggs, sugar, and butter. Beat until smooth. Add vinegar, vanilla, and lemon juice. Mix thoroughly. Fold in pecans, coconut, and raisins. Pour mixture into pie shells.
• Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes or until completely set in center.

OLD-FASHIONED EXQUISITE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Press the pie crust into the bottom and up the sides of a 9 inch pie plate.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs lightly. Stir in the sugar, butter, walnuts, coconut, and raisins. Pour into the pie shell.
• Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted into the center of the pie comes out clean.

OLD FASHIONED FAMILY PIE

Steps:

• Cook beef and onion in a large sauceppan until the meat is browned and the onion softened.
• Add the whole tin of mushrooms juice and all, stir well.
• Mix gravy powder and the flour into a smooth paste with the water.
• Add to meat and stir until its thickened (use your judgement here, if you like a little more gravy add a small bit of water).
• Grease a 20cm pie plate and cover base and sides with puff pastry.
• Spoon in meat filling and press down firmly.
• Cover in pastry, trim edge and press together with a fork to make a decorative edge.
• Pierce with a fork a couple of times or I like to cut a v in the top flipping it over to make a little triangular hole.
• Lightly brush with milk and decorate with excess pastry if desired.
• Cook in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
• I have also used fresh mushrooms in this, add them after you brown the meat, you may need to add a little more water if you use fresh mushies, again, use your judgement.

OLD FASHIONED CREAM PIE

Steps:

• spread softened butter in bottom of pie pan.
• Mix flour and sugars in bowl.
• Add milk gradually while stirring.
• Pour into pie shell and bake @ 390 for 30 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 325 and continue baking until thickened.