2008 Fall Harvest Pie Winners

Thank you to all the talented and creative people who have entered our contests over the years.
See a list of all of past contests here.


1st Prize! won a $100 GC to NHG AND a $50 GC to Sevy's Restaurant
Banana S
plit Pie
by Ann Rogers
1 baked pie shell 3-4 bananas, sliced

1 can Nestle La Lechera
Chopped toasted pecans

1/2 pint whipping cream

2 T powdered sugar

1 t vanilla

Layer sliced bananas, pecans and la leche in pie shell and top with sweetened whipped cream. Sprinkle with more toasted pecans and top with a red cherry. Do you know people who won't make pies because they "can't make a pie crust"? Try this easy, quick crust!

Pie Crust

1 1/3 c flour 1 t salt

1/3 c canola oil 3Tmilk

In the pie plate, add the flour and salt. Make a "well" and pour in the oil and milk. Mix into a ball and spread out in the pie plate like you would a pizza dough. Crimp edges. One pie plate, no mess! To bake shell, 350 degrees for about 20 minutes or till light brown.

 

2nd Prize! won a $75 GC to NHG
Southern Comfort Apple Pie

by Debbie Tucker
C
RUST
2
cups
teaspoon
salt
2 tablespoons sugar

2/3
cup {11 tablespoons) chilled unsalted hutter 4 to 5 tablespoon ~ ice water

TOPPING

1/2 cup pecans
1/3
cup granulated sugar
tablespoons firmly packed dark brown sugar
Y2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup all-purpose flour

1/3
cup (5 1/3 tablespoons) chilled unsalted butter

APPLE FILLING

5 to 6 medium-sized organic Granny Smith apples
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
3 tablespoons ground cinnamon

1 cup sugar

DIRECTIONS TO MAKE CRUST: Using a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the f1our, salt, and sugar on low speed about 30 seconds. Cut the chilled butter into Yz-inch cubes. Add the butter to the nour mixture and combine on low speed about 1 to 1 Y2 minutes, until the mixture looks crumbly. with bjts of dough the size of peas. Add 4 tablespoons ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing on low speed for 10 seconds after each addition. After the last addition, the dough should begin to clump together in a ball. If it doesn't, continue mixing about 10 seconds long. If it still looks too dry, add an additional I tablespoon ice water. Gently mold the dough into a disk. wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least I hour.

TO MAKE THE TOPPING: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Arrange the pecans on a baking sheet in a single layer and toast them in the oven for 7 to 9 minutes, until golden brown and aromatic. Coarsely chop the nuts. In a food processor fitted with a metal blade, process both sugars, the cinnamon, salt, andllour for about I minute. Cut the butter into small pieces and ass to the sugar-nour mixture. Pulse about 10 to 15 times, until the mixture is crumbly. Stir in the pecans. Refrigerate the topping. covered, in a medium bowl until ready to use.

Line a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate with the pie dough. Press it into place and crimp the outside edges with your fingers or a fork.

TO MAKE THE PIE FILLING: Increase the oven temperature to 375°F. Peel, core, and cut the apples into 1;4-inch-thick slices. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. When the butter starts to foam, add the apples and saute for 5 to 8 minutes. In a small bowl, stir together the cinnamon and sugar; sprinkle it on the apples and stir to combine. Simmer the apples over medium-low heat about I minute longer. Remove the apples from the skillet \vith a slotted spoon, leaving as much butter-sugar mixture in the skillet as possible. Transfer the apples to a baking sheet and arrange in a single layer. (If heaped in a pi Ie, the hot apples wi iI steam-cook and become soggy.)

Pour the SouthernComfort into the butter-sugar mjxture in the skillet. Simmer the mixture over medium heat at least 5 minutes, until the alcohol bums oft) carefully sniff the mixture at close range; if it burns the insides of your nostrils, the vapors are still burning off). Add the cream and continue cooking about 5 to 10 minutes, until the mixture is as thick as pourable caramel. Return the apples to the skillet.

Pour the apple filling into the unbaked pie crust and sprinkle the topping evenly over the apples. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, until the filling is bubbling and the topping is brown. Serve the pie warm I' at room temperature.

 

3rd Prize! won a $50 GC to NHG
Agatha's Key Lime Pie
by Agatha Mills

Crust:

5 ounces animal crackers (about 1 1/4 C crumbs) 3 tbs light or dark brown sugar packed
pinch salt 4 tbsp butter melted and cooled slightly

Filling:
2 cans (140z) sweetened condensed milk 2 fresh eggs

1 cup fresh key lime juice (e.g. Citrus Aurantifolia which can be grown in pots in Texas)

1 cup sour cream

2 Tb Powdered Sugar

Garnish:
Raspberries

2 Tb Fresh Mint (Mentha x Piperita f. citrata "Lime" 2TB Chocolate Shavings

Slices of Limes

Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees. Spray dish with Pam Butter or line with aluminium foil and spray with butter.

Crust:
In workbowl of food processor, pulse animal crackers until broken down, about ten 1-second pulses; process crumbs until evenly fine, about 10 seconds. Add brown sugar and salt; process to combine, ten to twelve 1-second pulses. Drizzle butter over crumbs and pulse until crumbs are evenly moistened with butter, about ten 1-second pulses. Press crumbs evenly and firmly into bottom of prepared pan. Bake until deep golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool to room temperature on wire rack while making filling. Do not turn off oven.

Filling:
In a separate bowl, combine the condensed milk, fresh lime juice and eggs. Whisk until well-blended and place the filling in the cooled pie shell. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes and allow to to cool. Chill in the refridgerator for at least two hours.
Once chilled, combine the sour cram and powdered sugar and spread over the top of the pie using a spatula. Sprinkle the chocolate, mint and limes as a garnish on top of the sour cream and serve chilled.

 


Honorable Mention! won a $25 GC to NHG

San Lorenzo School District Pumpkin Chiffon Pie
by Linda Haster
2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
1/2 c. cold water 1/21b. brown sugar 6 egg yolks
2-1/2 c. pumpkin 1-1/4 T. cinnamon 1 t. ginger
1/2 t. allspice 1 t. salt
6 egg whites
1 c. white sugar
1 pint whipped cream 1/2 c. powered sugar
1/2 t. vanilla

Soak gelatin in cold water. Heat egg yolks, brown sugar, pumpkin, salt and spices stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved and egg yolks are cooked. Add gelatin, stir until dissolved. Cool mixture. Beat egg whites until stiff, add sugar and continue beating until sugar is dissolved. Fold into pumpkin mixture. Place in 2 baked pie shells. Refrigerate until set. ""hip cream, add powdered sugar add vanilla. Spread on top of pies.

 

Customer Favorite!
Banana Blueberry Pie

by Sandi Charbeneau
8oz Cream Chs.
1 C. Sugar
1/2 C. Milk
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 pkg. Powdered Dream Whip
3 Bananas
1 Can Blueberry Pie Filling
Cool Whip

2 Ready Made Graham Cracker Pie Crusts

Slice 1.5 bananas in each pie shell and set aside. Mix cream cheese, sugar, milk, powdered dream whip and vanilla. Pour 1/2 mixture into each pie shell over bananas. Top with blueberry pie filling (1/2 over each) pie. Top with cool whip and chill.


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