Description
Tart rhubarb, bright citrus, vanilla bean, and fresh strawberries and raspberries compose this delectable all-butter crust hand pie.
Ingredients
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For the pie crust:
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 sticks cubed butter, very cold
- 6–8 tablespoons of ice water
For the pie filling:
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 pound rhubarb (about 5 stalks)
- 6 ounces raspberries
- 1 pound strawberries
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 orange, zested and juiced
- 1 vanilla bean
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- Egg wash
- Raw sugar, for sprinkling
Instructions
For the pie crust:
- Combine flour, salt and sugar in a food processor. Add cubed, very cold butter and pulse until butter is the size of large peas. Add 6 tablespoons of ice water and pulse until the mixture is combined and moist but not wet. Add additional tablespoons if needed.
- Remove from food processor and gently knead on a floured surface until combined. Split dough in half and plastic wrap each half, forming into a square. Chill overnight.
For the pie filling:
- Make the pie filling the night before. Slice rhubarb, roughly chop strawberries and combine with the sugar and orange zest.
- Heat butter until melted and hot. Add the rhubarb and strawberry mixture to the pan and cook about 5 minutes, until the fruit releases its juices and is bubbling. Add in raspberries.
- Split a vanilla bean down the center, scrape the beans and add the beans and entire pod into the pot. Add in the honey.
- Whisk the cornstarch with the juice from one orange. Add to the filling and stir well.
- Simmer about 3-5 minutes until thickened.
- Remove from heat, let cool, plastic wrap, and refrigerate overnight. Remove vanilla bean pod the next day before filling pies.
To assemble the pies:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Remove pie dough from the fridge and let sit at room temperature about 10 minutes.
- Working with one half at a time, roll pie dough out on a well-floured surface until about 1/8 inch thick.
- Using a 5″ round cutter (a cookie cutter, bowl, or pot lid will work), cut dough into 12 circles, re-rolling the scraps of dough not more than once.
- Egg wash (one egg + a splash of water mixed well) the entire edge of each circle.
- Add 2 tablespoons of filling to the center of each circle, folding one half over to create a half-moon.
- Seal the edges very well with a fork. Place pies in the freezer until cold, about 10 minutes.
- Remove pies from freezer and egg wash the tops. Cut three slits in the center of the pie and sprinkle generously with raw sugar.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, until golden brown.