Apricot Chiffon Pie Recipes

FRESH APRICOT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, sprinkle apricots with lemon juice. Combine sugar, flour and nutmeg. Add to apricots, toss gently to coat., Line a 9-in. pie plate with bottom pastry; trim to 1 in. beyond edge of pie plate. Add filling. Roll out remaining pastry to make a lattice crust. Trim, seal and flute edges. Brush with milk and sprinkle with additional sugar. , Cover edges of pastry loosely with foil. Bake 45-55 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack.

APRICOT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Mix 2 1/2 cups of flour and the salt in a bowl; cut the shortening into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter until the mixture is crumbly. Using a fork, mix in water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough just holds together. Divide the dough in half and form each half into a ball. Working on a floured work surface, roll each ball out into a crust big enough for a 9-inch pie dish with an inch or so to spare. Carefully lift a crust, fold into quarters, position into pie dish, and unfold the crust. Set the other crust aside.
• Mix the sugar, 1/4 cup flour, and cinnamon together in a large bowl until thoroughly combined; stir in the lemon juice and apricots. Spoon the apricot filling over the pie crust in the dish, and top with the reserved crust. Crimp the edges of the crusts together with a fork, cut away the excess crust, and cut slits into the pie to allow steam to escape. Cover the edges of the pie crust with strips of aluminum foil to prevent burning.
• Bake on center rack of the preheated oven until the pie is browned and the filling is bubbling and thickened, 35 to 45 minutes. Remove to a rack to cool and sprinkle top with 1 teaspoon of sugar.

APRICOT CHIFFON TART

Steps:

• Make the crust: Preheat oven to 350°F. Pulse cookies in a food processor until crumbs form. (You should have 1 cup.) Add almonds, sugar, and salt, and process until almonds are finely ground. Add butter, and process just until mixture holds together.
• Press mixture evenly into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch fluted tart pan with a removable bottom. Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes. Bake until golden brown, 17 to 20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool.
• Make the filling: In a saucepan, bring apricots, 3/4 cup water, 3/4 cup sugar, and the salt to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer until apricots are very soft, 10 minutes. Remove from heat; let cool 20 minutes.
• Purée apricots and liquid in a blender. Strain through a fine sieve into a bowl. (You should have 3 cups purée; reserve 1/2 cup.)
• In a small bowl, sprinkle gelatin over remaining 1/3 cup cold water, and let stand until softened, about 5 minutes. Heat 2 1/2 cups apricot purée in a medium saucepan over medium-high. Whisk softened gelatin into purée, and stir until gelatin dissolves.
• Prepare an ice-water bath. In a medium bowl, whisk together egg yolks and 1/2 cup sugar. Whisk in one-third of apricot-gelatin mixture, then pour back into pan. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until thickened, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour through a sieve into a bowl set in the ice-water bath. Whisk until just beginning to gel, 5 minutes.
• In a separate bowl, whisk egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar, and whisk until stiff peaks form, about 2 minutes. Whisk one-third of whites into apricot-gelatin mixture. Gently fold in remaining whites. Let cool, stirring, until mixture is thick enough to mound, 3 to 5 minutes. Spoon into crust (it will pile high). Refrigerate pie 2 hours or up to 1 day. Before serving, drizzle reserved 1/2 cup apricot purée on top and sprinkle with chopped nuts.

IMPOSSIBLY EASY APRICOT PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 9-inch pie plate. Stir together all ingredients except preserves and whipped cream until blended. Pour into pie plate.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Heat preserves over low heat until melted; spread over pie. Cool. Garnish with whipped cream. Cover and refrigerate any remaining pie.