Fruit Pie – Mom’s Recipes

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Dough Ingredients

• 2 and ½ cups of wheat flour
• 150 grams cold butter, chopped
• ½ cup (tea) sugar
• 2 excited
• ¼ cup (tea) cold water

Filling Ingredients

• 3 cups of milk (tea)
• 1 can of condensed milk
• 2 egg yolks, sifted
• 5 tablespoons cornstarch (cornstarch)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 300 grams of strawberries, sanitized and cut in half
• 3 kiwis, peeled and sliced
• Raspberries to taste (optional)

Syrup Ingredients

• ½ cup (tea) sugar
• ¼ cup of orange juice

Dough Preparation Method

1. Mix the flour, butter and sugar with your fingertips until you get crumbs.
2. Add the egg yolks and, little by little, the ice water, kneading lightly until smooth.
3. Wrap in plastic wrap and leave in the fridge for 15 minutes.
4. Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
5. Roll out the dough and line the bottom and sides of a springform pan (28 cm x 3 cm).
6. Cover the dough with aluminum foil and fill with raw bean grains to prevent them from puffing up while baking.
7. Bake for approximately 30 minutes or lightly brown.
8. Remove the paper with the grains and wait for it to cool before turning it out onto the serving plate.

Filling preparation method

1. In a pan, place the first four ingredients and heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until it thickens.
2. Remove from the heat, add the vanilla and let it cool.
3. Spread over the baked dough and let it cool completely before placing the fruit decoratively.

Syrup Preparation Method

1. In a small pan, add the orange juice, sugar and cook over low heat for 5 minutes until it thickens slightly.
2. Wait for it to cool and brush over the fruit.
3. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Mom Tips

The beans used, once cold, can be stored and reused for this same purpose.

Approximate yield of 10 servings.

See also the fruit tart recipe.