Plum Pie

Name: Plum Pie
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice; ⅓ cup water; Pinch salt; ¼ cup brandy; 1 recipe lattice; 1 partially baked 10-inch pie shell; ¼ cup cornstarch; 8 cups 12-inch-thick slices ripe, firm plums (about 20 plums); 4 ounces (1 stick) sweet butter; 1½ cups plus 1 tablespoon sugar

Preparation info

Serves
8 to 10

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Stars Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 1993

About

Plum pie has to be my favorite type of pie.

Not often seen, it is imaginative yet still gives all the comfort that pies should give. Serve it with Hazelnut Ice Cream for a heartwarming combination.

Ingredients

⅓ cup water
1½ cups plus 1 tablespoon sugar

Dessert
Pastry
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Bring the water and 1½ cups of the sugar to a boil in a heavy-bottomed nonaluminum pot large enough to eventually hold the plums.

Add half the