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Italian Yellow Plum Summer Pie
Prep Time
46 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Total Time
1 hr 36 mins
 

A delicious and easy summer pie.  

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Home Cooking in Canada, Italian
Keyword: Italian Yellow Plum Summer Pie
Servings: 10
Author: Renata Solski
Ingredients
The filling
  • 12 small yellow plums
  • 2 firm apples your choice
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/4 cup peach schnapps
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tbsp corn starch
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 2 tbsp grape jelly or favourite jam
The Dough
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 1/2 cups flour and more for dusting
  • 4 tsp baking powder
Instructions
  1. Soak the dried cranberries in the peach schnapps while you cut apples and plums. 

    Cut the plums and apples into small 1/4 inch cubes.

    Combine all the ingredients except the jam in a large bowl.

    Set aside.

    In a food processor blend eggs, sugar and oil on low.  

    Add 1/2 the flour and half the baking powder and pulse.

    Add the remaining flour and baking powder.

    Blend on high until dough comes away from the blades.

    Put onto counter dust with flour and knead a few times.  The dough should come together, but not be tough.  

    Divide in two.

    Put one piece of dough between two pieces of parchment paper.

    Secure the parchment with a brushing of water on the counter.

    Flatten the first piece with the pie dish. This will give you a circular disk.

    Roll out the edges with a rolling pin to fit pie dish.

    Invert onto pie dish with parchment paper.

    Peel away parchment and fit to plate.  

    Place jam in dough and spread evenly.

    Spoon in filling.

    Fold extra dough onto filling.

    Take second disc of dough and cut off 1/3.

    Use the 2/3 dough to make another round disk to fit on the pie.

    Use a fork to crimp edges.

    Use the remaining 1/3 dough and divide into 3 pieces.

    Divide each piece into two and make braids to decorate around the plate. 

    Place pie in 350F oven for 35 ro 40 minutes.

    Remove and cool. 

    May be served with ice cream hot or cold. 



Recipe Notes

This is a thicker and crunchier dough.  Cut into small pieces to serve.  

If you like a very thin dough you can divide in two and make two pies.