peach pie
I am sure I’m not the only person who has ever been out to eat and bit into something they knew they’d love and nearly sobbed with disappointment over what could have been but was not. “Why? Why did they have to go and ‘fix’ this? It wasn’t broken!” No? It’s just me? Well, good on you for having some decorum, or at least a better poker face than your narrator. I’ve done this when I discovered curry powder in a sweet potato pirogi (really, I’m grimacing as I type this). It’s not a popular opinion, but I feel this way about bacon in chocolate chip cookies. And if everyone could stop putting cardamom pods in vanilla ice cream and custards, I wouldn’t mind one bit. I like vanilla. I don’t think it needs any flavor enhancement.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 11 of 13 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Peach | 1 medium (150g) | 59 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Pie | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups (315 grams) all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting surfaces
- 1 tablespoons (15 grams) granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon table salt
- 2 sticks (225 grams, 8 ounces, or 1 cup) unsalted butter, very cold
- 1/2 cup water, very cold
- About 3 1/2 pounds peaches (approximately 6 large, 7 medium or 8 small)
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, from about half a regular lemon
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar (see note up top; use 1/3 cup for a sweeter pie)
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar (ditto)
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Few gratings of fresh nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon table salt
- 2 tablespoons minute tapioca, ground to a powder (see note up top), or 3 tablespoons cornstarch or potato starch
- 1 tablespoon milk, cream or water
- 1 tablespoon coarse or granulated sugar