Saturday, May 30, 2009

Tarte au Sucre (French Canadian Maple Syrup Pie)

Crust:
1 1/4 c flour
2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt
6 Tbsp cold butter, cut into 1/2" cubes
1/4 c ice water, plus additional if needed

Filling:
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
1 3/4 c packed light brown sugar
2 Tbsp flour
1/8 tsp salt
3/4 c heavy cream
1/2 c maple syrup

Garnishes:
raspberries
whipped cream

Prepare crust: stir together flour, sugar and salt. Cut in butter until butter is the size of small peas. Stir in 1/4 c ice water. Dough should look shaggy and come together when pressed into a ball. If it's crumbly, add water by the tablespoon until it just holds together but isn't sticky. Flatten dough into a disk, wrap in plastic and refrigerate 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll out crust, then drape over a 9" pie pan (not deep-dish). Cut excess dough from edge. Crimp edges. Freeze until firm, about 10 minutes.

Prepare filling: whisk eggs and yolk lightly in a medium bowl. Add brown sugar, flour and salt, whisking until no lumps remain. Whisk in cream and maple syrup. Pour filling into chilled pie shell.

Bake pie in top third of oven until filling is deeply golden and puffed in the center but still wiggles slightly when nudged, 60-70 minutes. Check after 30 minutes. If edge is browning before center is cooked, cover edge with a foil collar and continue baking.

Cool pie completely, about 2 hours, then refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Serve chilled, garnished with raspberries and/or whipped cream.

NOTES
From Hannaford.
Untried.

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