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Cider Pie

Recipe origin James Beard
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pie dough for one pie your favorite recipe
  • cup boiled cider or 2 cups apple cider- boiled down to ⅔ cup
  • 2 tablespoons sugar - to taste
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus 1 teaspoon -melted
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • Pinch salt
  • 3 large eggs well beaten
  • 2 tart apples (such as Granny Smith) peeled | cored | coarsely grated
  • 3 tablespoons light or dark brown sugar packed
  • teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • Vanilla ice cream or whipped cream

Method
 

  1. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to a large circle about 1/8-inch thick. Fit it, without stretching, into a buttered 8- to 9-inch pie pan. Trim off the excess dough, leaving a 3/4-inch border. Fold under the edge of dough, pressing along rim of the pan and forming a high, fluted border.
  2. Chill the pie shell while you preheat the oven to 375° , with a rack in the lower third.
  3. In a bowl, whisk together the boiled cider, sugar, melted butter, lemon juice, salt, and eggs. Add the grated apples and stir to blend well. Pour the filing into the pie shell; sprinkle the brown sugar and nutmeg over the top.
  4. Bake until mixture is just set in the center, usually 50 minutes.
  5. Let the pie cool on a wire rack. Serve warm, topped with ice cream or whipped cream.<