Almond-Streusel Peach Pie

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Almond-Streusel Peach Pie

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Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Desserts Pies & Tarts
Fruits

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 cups Flour
3/4 teaspoon Salt
10 tablespoons Butter -- chilled
2 tablespoons Shortening -- chilled
1 cup Brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/2 cup Almonds -- sliced
1 Lemon
9 Peaches -- abt 3 lbs
3 tablespoons Cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon Almond extract
2 tablespoons Dry bread crumbs

Combine 1 cup flour and 1/2 ts. salt. Cut in 4 tb. of butter
and the shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal with a few pea-sized
pieces remaining. Sprinkle in 3 to 4 tb ice water, a tablespoon at a time,
until dough just comes together. Gather into a disk. Wrap and chill at least
30 minutes. Combine remaining cup of flour, 1/3 cup brown sugar, 1/4
ts.salt, and 1/4 ts. nutmeg. Cut in remaining 6 tb. of butter until crumbly.
Stir in almonds. Chill. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out chilled pie
pastry to fit a 9" pie pan. Fit pastry into pan. Trim and flute edges.
Chill. Heat oven to 475. Grate 1 ts.of lemon zest from the lemon
and squeeze 1 tb. of juice. Peel peaches and slice. Combine with remaining 2/3
cup brown sugar, remaining 1/2 ts nutmeg,
lemon zest and juice, cornstarch and almond extract.Sprinkle
bread crumbs over bottom of pie shell and fill with peach mixture. Sprinkle
almond crumb mixture on top. Bake 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to
350.Continue baking until top is browned and fruit juices are bubbling, 50 to
55 minutes. Cool completely before cutting.



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