Dried Peach Pie with Custard and Meringue

Name: Dried Peach Pie with Custard and Meringue
Yield: Makes one 9- or 10-inch pie; serves about 8
Ingredients: ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar; 1 cup milk; ½ cup (about 3 ounces) dried peaches (use dried fruit that is moist); ½ cup cold water; Basic Pie Dough for a 1-crust pie; 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 3 tablespoons unsalted butter; 3 large egg yolks; ⅓ cup sugar; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; Pinch salt; 3 large egg whites

Preparation info

Makes one 9- or 10 inch pie; serves about
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Classic Home Desserts

By Richard Sax

Published 1994

About

Just a small amount of dried peaches perfumes this whole pie, which is composed of a layer of dried peaches, then custard and then meringue. This recipe is from Holmes Café, a “meat-and-three-veg café” in Alabama, famed for its pies.

Ingredients

Basic Pie Dough for a 1-crust pie

Dessert
Vegetarian
Pie

Method

Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to a large circle about ⅛ inch thick. Fit it, without stretching, into a buttered 9- or 10-inch pie pan. Trim off the excess dough, leavi