Brethren's Cider Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 cup cold butter
• 1/4 cup ice water
• 2 1/2 cups apple cider
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup maple syrup
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, room temp, seperated
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 for the pastry, sift the flour, salt, and sugar into a bowl. using a pastry blender cut the butter into the dry ingredients as quickly as possible until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
• 2 sprinkle ice water over mixture. combine with a fork until dough holds together. if the mdough is too crumbly, add a little more water 1 tbsp at a time. gather dough into a ball and flatten into a disk. wrap in wax paper and refrigerate at least 20 minutes.
• 3 meanwhile, place cider in a medium heavy saucepan. boil until only 3/4 cup remain. let cool.
• 4 roll out dough between 2 sheets of wax paper to a thickness of about 1/8 inch. use to line a 9 inch pie pan.
• 5 trim all around, leaving 1.2 inch overhang. refrigerate 20 minutes.
• 6 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 7 for the filling, add the butter, maple syrup, water, and salt to the cider and simmer gently 5-6 minutes.
• 8 remove the pan from the heat and let the mixture cool slightly then whisk in beaten egg yolks.
• 9 in a large bowl beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks. add the cider mixture and fold gently together until evenly blended.
• 10 pour into the prepared pie shell. dust with nutmeg.
• 11 bake until pastry is golden brown and filling set, about 30-35 minutes.
• 12 serve warm.