Pie: Peaches and Cream Pie

By NicoleS

Ingredients

• Cream Filling:
• 1 (9-inch) unbaked pie shell
• 2 pounds ripe but firm peaches, peeled, halved, and pitted
• Note: To remove skins, either peel with vegetable peeler or score an 'x' on bottom of peach and put in boiling water for 30 seconds, remove, and then shock in ice water.
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces) sugar
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Details

Adapted from cookscountry.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Cover pie shell with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 40 minutes, then freeze for 20 minutes. Adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and heat oven to 375 degrees. Line chilled pie shell with two 12-inch squares parchment paper, letting parchment paper hang over edges of dough. Top with pie weights.

2. Line rimmed baking sheet with foil. Place peach halves cut side up on prepared sheet and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons sugar. Bake peaches on upper-middle rack until softened and juice is released, about 30 minutes, flipping peaches cut side down halfway through baking.

Note: Final peach baking time is approx. 50 minutes. Flip after 30 minutes when you bake the pie crust. Keep an eye on the peaches at the end of their baking time to ensure that they don’t scorch.

3. While peaches roast, place crust on lower-middle rack and bake until edges are lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Remove crust from oven and carefully remove foil and weights. Continue to bake until bottom of crust is light brown and peaches are caramelized, about 5 minutes. Cool crust and peaches for 15 minutes.

4. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees. Cut peaches lengthwise into quarters. Arrange peaches on their cut side in a spiral single layer over crust. Combine remaining ½ cup sugar, flour, and salt in bowl. Whisk in cream, egg yolks, and vanilla until smooth. Pour cream mixture over peaches. Bake until filling is light golden brown and firm in center, 45 to 55 minutes. Cool pie on wire rack for at least 3 hours. Serve.