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Northern Star Pie

Course Dessert
Cuisine American, European
Keyword kristin harmel, mince pie, northern star pie
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Servings 1 9" pie
Author Dikla Levy Frances

Ingredients

For The Pie Crust

  • 3 Cups AP Flour (360 g / 13 oz)
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 3 TBS Turbinado Sugar (30 g / 1 oz)
  • 1 Cup Unsalted butter, cold cut into 1" cubes (225 g / 8 oz)
  • 1 Large Egg, beaten
  • 1 TBS White Vinegar or Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 4 TBS Cold water

For The Filling

  • 1 Cup Dried chopped figs (100 g / 3.5 oz)
  • 1 Cup Dried chopped prunes (90 g / 3 oz)
  • 1 Cup Red or green grapes, cut in half (200 g / 7 oz)
  • 6 TBS Light brown sugar (70 g / 2.5 oz)
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 TBS Poppy seeds
  • 1/2 Cup Sliced toasted almonds (50 g / 2 oz)
  • 1 Cup Water (240 ml / 8 oz)
  • 2 TBS Cinnamon sugar
  • 1 Large Egg, beaten for brushing the crust.

Instructions

To Make The Pie Crust

  • Blend together the flour, salt, and sugar.
  • In a food processor or using a pastry cutter, process the flour mixture with the cold butter until the butter resembles small peas.
  • Pour in the egg and 4 TBD of water and pulse about 8 times. The dough should look like coarse wet sand and should only come together when pressed with your finger.
  • Place the dough on a clean surface or a large bowl and bring it together by pressing it with your hands.
  • Divide the dough into two parts, shape each part into a 6" disk. Wrap each part with plastic wrap, and place it in the refrigerator for a min. of 1 hour and preferably overnight.
  • Remove dough from the refrigerator, roll 1 part into a 13" circle, and line a 9" pie shell trimming the edges.
  • Roll the second part into 1/8" thick and use a star shaped cookie cutter to cut some stars.
  • Place the pie pan and stars in the refrigerator to cool while you make the filling.

To Make The Filling

  • In a medium-sized pan, place the figs, prunes, half a cup of grapes, cinnamon, sugar, and water and let the mixture come to a boil and the sugar melt.
  • Reduce heat to a low simmer and cook for 20 minutes, until the mixture resembles a thick paste.
  • Mix in the remaining 1/2 cup grapes, poppy seeds, and almonds.
  • Preheat oven to 350F.
  • Remove the pie crust from the refrigerator and fill it with the filling. Decorate the top with the star-shaped pie dough.
  • Brush with egg wash and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar
  • Baker for 30-35 minutes on the medium oven shelf. The pie is ready when the crust is light golden brown and is set.
  • Remove pie from the oven and let cool for 30-60 minutes before slicing.