Marlborough Apple Pie

Name: Marlborough Apple Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: New England, American
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 2 , Granny Smith apples, peeled and shredded (2 cups); 2 Fuji, Gala or, Golden Delicious apples, peeled and shredded (2 cups); 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces), sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon ground, mace; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 3 , large eggs, lightly beaten; 1/2 cup, heavy cream; 5 tablespoons, dry sherry; 1 teaspoon, grated lemon zest; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 9-inch parbaked, pie shell, cooled

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2012

Desserts or Baked Goods

Once, there were nearly as many types of apple pie as varieties of apples. Why did this delicious version disappear?

SERVES8

TIME1½ hours, plus 4 hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This lesser-known New England dessert combines the comforting apple-and-spice flavors of traditional apple pie with silky custard. Using equal parts sweet and tart apples gave us just the right balance of flavor. Grated apples leached moist...

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