Peach Raspberry Pie

Peach Raspberry Pie
Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
Total Time
2¼ hours, plus chilling
Rating
4(387)
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The character of fresh raspberries can be fleeting when cooked, especially when the berries are mixed with other fruit like ripe, juicy peaches. To deepen the berry flavor in this summer pie, a little raspberry jam is mixed into the filling in place of some of the sugar. Instant (minute) tapioca serves as a clear, flavorless thickener here, with the tiny tapioca pearls echoing the texture of raspberry seeds. For a runny, syrupy pie that leaks when you cut into it, mix in the minimum amount of tapioca. Using all 3 tablespoons yields a pie with a thick, jammy filling. As for the stone fruit, peel the peaches or don't, to taste. Or substitute ripe nectarines, whose peels are less pronounced.

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Ingredients

Yield:8 servings

    For the Crust

    • cups/320 grams all-purpose flour
    • 1teaspoon fine sea salt
    • Large pinch of sugar
    • 1cup/225 grams unsalted butter (2 sticks), cold and cut into cubes
    • cup/158 milliliters ice water, more if needed

    For the Filling

    • ¼cup/60 milliliters raspberry jam
    • 2tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
    • ¼cup/50 grams granulated sugar
    • ¼cup/55 grams light brown sugar
    • 1½ to 3tablespoons minute (instant) tapioca
    • ½teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
    • ½teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
    • teaspoon fine sea salt
    • 5cups/770 grams thinly sliced peaches (about 6 to 8 medium peaches)
    • 1pint/245 grams raspberries
    • 1large egg
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Nutritional analysis per serving (8 servings)

525 calories; 27 grams fat; 16 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 8 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 66 grams carbohydrates; 5 grams dietary fiber; 28 grams sugars; 6 grams protein; 347 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Make the dough: In a large bowl, mix together flour, salt and sugar to combine. Add cubed butter, then pinch and squeeze the butter cubes (or use a pastry blender) until the largest pieces are the size of lima beans. Drizzle in water a little at a time, mixing until the dough starts to come together into a mass, but leaving some floury bits at the bottom of the bowl. You may not need all the water, or you may need to add more water if dough doesn’t come together.

  2. Step 2

    Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and press and lightly knead it together into 2 smooth balls, one slightly larger than the other. Flatten into disks, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill for 1 hour or up to 5 days.

  3. Step 3

    Heat oven to 375 degrees. Place a 9-inch pie pan on a baking sheet. On a floured surface, roll out larger ball of dough to a 12-inch circle, then drape it over the pie pan and press it into the bottom edges and along the sides. Chill in refrigerator.

  4. Step 4

    Roll second ball of dough out to an 11-inch circle about ¼-inch thick. Cut dough into 1-inch strips and reserve. (If it’s cool in your kitchen, leave the strips on the counter. If it’s warm, transfer them to a rimmed baking sheet and chill until needed.)

  5. Step 5

    In a small bowl, stir together raspberry jam and melted butter.

  6. Step 6

    In a large bowl, stir together sugars, tapioca, nutmeg, lemon zest and salt. Toss in peaches, then gently fold in raspberries.

  7. Step 7

    In a small bowl, lightly beat egg with 1 tablespoon water to make an egg wash. Brush on bottom and sides of pie dough in the pan, then spoon filling into pie pan, mounding it slightly in the center. Drizzle with jam-butter mixture.

  8. Step 8

    Use dough strips to create a lattice top, then fold and crimp the edges. Brush with more egg wash, place pie pan on a rimmed baking sheet, and bake until crust is golden and filling is bubbly, 60 to 75 minutes. Let cool to room temperature, at least 4 hours. (If you don’t want to wait, that’s fine, but filling will be runnier.)

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Love this recipe, though the next suggest recipe at the end of the article is your 2010 "A Fruit Pie Crust With Crunch." I see you are not following your suggestion of prebaking the pie crust, then adding the fruit filling. Did you decide that extra step was no longer needed?

I buy my tapioca and burr it in the food processor to a coarse powder. Placed in a small jar with a cutout of the amount to add to pie for different types of fruit it is always ready to go during fresh fruit season.

It’s perfectly possible to blind bake the bottom crust, add the fruit, and then finish baking with a top crust in place. I happen to despise a soggy pie bottom and will only use this method. You are limited to few crimping techniques, however the tender, less gummy crust offsets any cosmetic issues.

Thanks for another great pie recipe! I jumped the season so I could try it. Frozen peaches, some Oregon canned tart cherries, and some thawed frozen Remlinger farms berries. I segregated the peaches from the cherry berry layer and added the jam to the red fruits and the nutmeg & lemon to all. Maybe will tey it without next time. Also, I am hooked on Genevive Ko's all-butter pie crust recipe-- foolproof.

Delicious. I couldn't find tapioca so I used 3T Cornstarch and only 1/8 cup granulated sugar in the filling because my peaches were already sweet, but otherwise I followed the recipe exactly and it came out perfect!

Loved all the flavors in this pie, even the nutmeg. I hated the soggy bottom. Was the egg wash supposed to prevent it? We wound up eating the filling with only the lattice crust. Next time I’ll prebake the bottom.

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