A homemade and healthy vegan pie that brings out the comforting flavor of sweet peaches, and there is a secret ingredient in the dough… vodka!
Summer Peach Pie
Servings
2 Servings
Ingredients
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 5 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 cup Earth Balance Original Buttery Spread or other parve butter-substitute
- 3/4 cup cold water
- 6 tablespoons vodka
- 6 1/2 cups of ripe peaches about 7 peaches – can be subbed with apricots for extra nutritional value
- 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup if using apricots
- 6 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 teaspoons lemon zest
Instructions
- Pie crust:
- Mix the flour, sugar, and salt.
- Cut the butter substitute into the mix into small pieces.
- Add water and vodka, and stir until a dough forms.
- Separate into four dough balls, cover each in plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Pie Filling:
- Bring a large pot of water to a simmer.
- Score the peaches with an X on the bottom of each.
- Simmer peaches for about 4 minutes until the skin appears to start peeling away.
- Make a large bowl of ice water. Blanch peaches by transferring from simmering water to the ice bath.
- When peaches are cool enough to touch, peel and chop each into bite-size pieces. 6. Add sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, cinnamon, and zest to the peaches.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Assembly:1. Roll out the dough or press into pie plates.
- Fill each pie crust with the peach filling.
- Roll out extra dough onto the each pie or create a lattice design just make sure there is room for steam to escape.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.
- Chill in the refrigerator for about 2 hours before serving.
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