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- Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking,rec.food.recipes
- From: amo@anuxv.att.com
- Subject: Shaker Pumpkin Pie & Shaker Lemon Pie
- Message-ID: <CIE3yI.Jw5@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- Keywords: Shaker pies
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 93 09:52:00 EST
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- Having a cookbook library of nearly 2,000 cookbooks and volumes of
- cooking magazines enables me to help locate recipes lost by others.
- These were found for Ed Stuart (after MUCH searching!):
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- FLAKY PIE CRUST
- from "Shaker Thanksgiving", Cuisine magazine November 1981
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- For a flaky crust, handle this pastry dough as little as possible.
- Before rolling out, the dough may be frozen, wrapped in plastic,
- for several weeks. Makes one 9-inch crust.
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- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup plus 2 Tbsps solid vegetable shortening, cold
- 2 Tbsps ice water
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- 1. Combine flour and salt in medium bowl; cut in shortening until
- mixture is size of small peas. Sprinkle water, 1 Tbsp at a time,
- over flour mixture, tossing lightly with a fork until mixture
- cleans sides of bowl. Pat dough into ball; refrigerate, wrapped
- in plastic, 1 hour.
- 2. Roll out pastry on lightly floured surface into circle 1/8-inch
- thick. Carefully fold in quarters; ease and unfold into 9-inch
- pie pan. Gently press pastry against bottom and sides of pan.
- Trim overhang to 1/2-inch; fold under edge. Crimp edges decoratively
- with fingertips.
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- PUMPKIN PIE
- from "Shaker Thanksgiving", Cuisine magazine November 1981
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- This spicy pumpkin pie can be made a day ahead and kept, lightly
- covered, at room temperature until serving time. To serve in the
- Pleasant Hill (a Shaker Village in Kentucky featured in the article) style,
- accompany with a bowl of whipped cream.
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- Makes one 9-inch pie (8 servings).
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- Flaky Pie Crust (see recipe above)
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cups pumpkin puree, preferably fresh*
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 Tbsps unsalted butter, melted
- 1 Tbsp dark molasses
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- pinch salt
- 1 cup heavy cream, cold
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- 1. Make Flaky Pie Crust.
- 2. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- 3. Heat milk in small heavy saucepan over medium heat until small
- bubbles form around edges of pan; remove from heat.
- 4. Beat eggs lightly in large bowl until frothy. Add scalded milk
- in thin steady stream, stirring constantly; stir in remaining ingredients
- except for cream. Whisk until thoroughly blended.
- 5. Pour filling into prepared crust; bake until center is firm and small
- knife inserted in center of pie is withdrawn clean, about 45 minutes.
- Cool completely on wire rack.
- 6. At serving time, beat cream in chilled small mixer bowl with chilled
- beaters until soft peaks form. Transfer to serving bowl and serve with
- pie.
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- TIP: *For fresh pumpkin puree, split a medium pumpkin crosswise; remove
- and discard seeds and fibers. Place pumpkin, cut side down, on lightly
- greased baking sheet; bake in 325 degrees F oven until tender when
- pierced with knife, about 1 hour. Scrape pulp away from skin; discard
- skin. Place pulp in blender or food processor fitted with metal blade;
- process in batches, until smooth. Force puree through coarse sieve.
- Measure 1 1/4 cups puree for recipe; reserve remainder for other purpose.
- Pumpkin puree can be frozen, tightly covered, up to 6 months. If using
- canned pumpkin, use solid-pack unsweetened.
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- SHAKER LEMON PIE
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- from "Shaker Thanksgiving", Cuisine magazine November 1981
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- This Shaker classic illustrates the Shaker abhorrence of waste by using
- the entire lemon. The secret to the pie's success is slicing the
- lemons paper thin.
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- Makes one 9-inch pie (8 to 10 servings).
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- 2 large unblemished lemons
- 2 cups sugar
- Double recipe Flaky Pie Crust (see recipe above)
- 4 eggs
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- 1. Trim ends of lemons; slice lemons as thin as possible, discarding
- seeds. Toss lemon slices with the sugar in bowl until thoroughly
- mixed. Refrigerate covered, overnight.
- 2. Make double recipe Flaky Pie Crust through step 1.
- 3. Heat oven to 450 degrees F.
- 4. Roll out one half of pastry on lightly floured surface into circle
- 1/8-inch thick. Carefully fold in quarters; ease and unfold into
- 9-inch pie pan. Gently press pastry against bottom and sides of
- pan with fingertips. Trim overhang to 1/2-inch.
- 5. Beat eggs in medium bowl until frothy; gently stir lemon mixture
- into eggs until thoroughly blended. Pour filling into prepared crust.
- 6. Roll out remaining pastry on lightly floured surface into circle
- 1/8-inch thick. Cut 3 small air vents in center of circle. Roll
- pastry up on rolling pin; unroll over top of pan, covering filling.
- Trim to edge of pie pan. Fold overhang over top crust; crimp
- decoratively with fingertips to seal.
- 7. Bake pie 15 minutes; reduce heat to 375 degrees F. Bake until
- small sharp knife inserted near edge of pie is withdrawn clean,
- about 20 minutes. Cool completely on wire rack before serving.
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- Recipes located by Arlene Osborne, amo@anuxv.att.com
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- HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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