Pecan Peach Pie

Name: Pecan Peach Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 1 recipe, recipe; 3 pounds, ripe but firm peaches, peeled, halved, pitted, and cut into 1-inch pieces; ½ cup (3½ ounces) plus 2 tablespoons, sugar, divided; 1 teaspoon, grated lemon zest plus 1 tablespoon juice; ⅛ teaspoon, table salt; 2 tablespoons low- or no-sugar-needed, fruit pectin; ¼ teaspoon, ground cinnamon; Pinch , ground nutmeg; 1 tablespoon, cornstarch; 1 , large egg, lightly beaten with 1 tablespoon water

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Eaten out of hand, a juicy peach is one of summer's greatest pleasures. Incorporate peaches into a pie, however, and what you get is a soupy mess. We needed to corral the moisture exuded by this juicy fruit.

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SERVES8

TIME1¾ hours, plus 1 hour chilling, 30 minutes macerating, and 4 hours cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For most pies one of the following techniques does the trick: macerating or cooking the fruit, adding a thickener, or supplementing the fruit's natural pectin. We discovered that with peaches we had to use all three. First, we macerated the...

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