Lattice Topped Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
INGREDIENTS
- Cooking Time: 85
- Servings: 8
- For crust:
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup chilled solid vegetable shortening, cut into pieces
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 10 tablespoons (about) ice water
- For filling:
- 3 1/2 cups 1/2-inch-thick slices trimmed rhubarb (1 1/2 pounds untrimmed)
- 1 16-ounce container strawberries, hulled, halved (about 3 1/2 cups)
- 1/2 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg yolk beaten to blend with 1 teaspoon water (for glaze)
DIRECTIONS
- Make crust:
- Combine flour, sugar and salt in processor.
- Using on/off turns, cut in shortening and butter until coarse meal forms.
- Blend in enough ice water 2 tablespoons at a time to form moist clumps.
- Gather dough into ball; cut in half.
- Flatten each half into disk.
- Wrap separately in plastic; refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. (Can be made 1 day ahead.
- Keep chilled.
- Let dough soften slightly at room temperature before rolling.)
- Make filling:
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Combine first 7 ingredients in large bowl.
- Toss gently to blend.
- Roll out 1 dough disk on floured work surface to 13-inch round.
- Transfer to 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Trim excess dough, leaving 3/4-inch overhang.
- Roll out second dough disk on lightly floured surface to 13-inch round.
- Cut into fourteen 1/2-inch-wide strips.
- Spoon filling into crust.
- Arrange 7 dough strips atop filling, spacing evenly.
- Form lattice by placing remaining dough strips in opposite direction atop filling.
- Trim ends of dough strips even with overhang of bottom crust.
- Fold strip ends and overhang under, pressing to seal.
- Crimp edges decoratively.
- Brush glaze over crust.
- Transfer pie to baking sheet.
- Bake 20 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
- Bake pie until golden and filling thickens, about 1 hour 25 minutes.
- Transfer pie to rack and cool completely.
- Serves 8.