Apple Pie with Crystallized Ginger

Name: Apple Pie with Crystallized Ginger
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour plus extra for dusting; 2 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon, table salt; 8 tablespoons, vegetable shortening, chilled, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter, chilled, cut into 1/4-inch pieces; 6 - 8 tablespoons, ice water; 3/4 cup, granulated sugar; 2 tablespoons, all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon, lemon zest from 1 medium lemon; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1/4 teaspoon, ground nutmeg; 1/4 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/8 teaspoon, ground allspice; 1 1/2 tablespoons, lemon juice; 2 pounds, McIntosh apples, peeled, cored, and sliced 1/4 inch thick; 1 1/2 pounds, Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and sliced 1/4 inch thick; 3 tablespoons, chopped crystalized ginger; 1 , egg white, beaten lightly; 1 tablespoon, granulated sugar, for topping

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 1997

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SERVES8

TIME2¼ hours, plus 1½ hours chilling and 4 hours cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted an apple pie recipe made with apples available everywhere at any time. To arrive at the tartness and texture we were after, we had to use two kinds of readily available apples, Granny Smith and McIntosh. The Grannies could be coun...

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