Caramelized-Apple and Pecan Pie
You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Caramelized-Apple and Pecan Pie a try. This recipe serves 10. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 403 calories, 3g of protein, and 16g of fat per serving. It will be a hit at your Thanksgiving event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. A mixture of golden brown sugar, corn syrup, eggs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.
Instructions
Blend flour, sugar, and salt inprocessor 5 seconds.
Add butter. Usingon/off turns, blend until butter is reducedto small pea-size pieces.
Add 4 tablespoonsorange juice. Blend, using on/off turns, untilmoist clumps form, adding more juice by teaspoonfuls if dough is dry. Gather doughinto ball; flatten into disk. Wrap in plasticand chill at least 1 hour. DO AHEAD: Canbe made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.
Roll out dough on floured surface to14-inch round.
Transfer to 10-inch-diameterglass pie dish.
Cut off all but1/2 inch of dough overhang. Fold dough edgeunder and crimp decoratively, forminghigh-standing rim. Freeze 10 minutes.DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead.Cover and refrigerate crust.
Brush inside of crust with enoughbeaten egg white to coat.
Whiskbrown sugar and butter in large ovenproofskillet over medium heat until butter melts,sugar dissolves, and mixture comes to boil.Boil 1 minute, whisking constantly.
Removefrom heat. Arrange apples, rounded sidedown, in syrup.
Bake 15 minutes; turn over.
Bake until just tender, about 20 minuteslonger.
Transfer apples to paper towels tocool slightly.
Whisk syrup in skillet untilsmooth. Cool slightly and reserve. Maintainoven temperature.
Mix sugar, flour, and saltin small bowl.
Place eggs in medium bowl.Gradually whisk in reserved syrup fromapples.
Add corn syrup, vanilla, and sugarmixture; whisk until smooth. Stir in pecans.
Pour filling into crust. Arrange apples,rounded side up, atop filling.
Bake pie until filling is set in center,covering edges with foil if browning tooquickly, about 1 hour 20 minutes.
Transfer torack and cool completely. DO AHEAD: Canbe made 1 day ahead. Cover loosely with foiland let stand at room temperature.
Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel
Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are great choices for Southern. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. One wine you could try is J.J. Prum Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese Riesling. It has 4.2 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 56 dollars.
J.J. Prum Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese Riesling
"A tad reduced in aroma, this young white has plenty of intensity, offering lime, peach and slate flavors matched to a silky texture. It's awkward today, needing time to integrate. Best from 2008 through 2020. 1,500 cases made." –BS