Apple, Cranberry, Pear & Walnut Pie
Filling:
1 1/2 cups organic apples
1 1/2 cups organic pears,
1/2 cup organic cranberries (fresh or dried)
1 cup walnuts
½ cup pure maple syrup, or palm sugar, to taste
¼ ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon organic vanilla
2 teaspoons arrow root, water chestnut flour, tapioca flour, rice flour, or other thickener
water, enough to cover bottom of sauce pan.
1/8-1/4 cup water, to mix with thickener
optional: 1 egg (for brushing on top of pie crust, for a brown sheen)
Peel and core apples and pears. Place all ingredients, except thickener, in sauce pan and cook until apples and pears are not quite soft. Mix thickener with 1/8-1/4 cup water, until dissolved. Slowly mix into boiling fruit mixture, stirring constantly, until thick. Place fruit mixture in pie shell. Bake until golden brown.
Spelt Pie Crust: for convenience a pre-made is available in the frozen section of Health Food
Stores, but usually contains a bit of cane juice, and is in an aluminum pie pan, though
dough can be transferred to another pan.
For those with the time to make your own crust, the following is my "Healthy Version Of"
recipe.
2 cups whole, organic spelt flour
1/2 cup grape seed oil
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon palm sugar
3-4 tablespoons very cold water
Mix flour, oil, palm sugar and salt. Sprinkle in water, a little at a time, until flour is pie dough consistency. Can add a few more tablespoons of oil if dough is too dry. Roll out on wax or parchment paper, for easy transfer to pie pan. Use glass, ceramic, or stainless steel pie pan, not aluminium.
Heat oven to 425 degrees. Bake 35-45 minutes or until pie is a golden brown and juice is bubbling through slits in crust. Enjoy!
Health & Happiness,
Nancy Burton, L.Ac.
534 Washington St. Ashland, OR 97520
For Appointments Call: 541-646-0134
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