Fresh Orange Pie

"I love the fresh strawberry and blue berry pies, in which the fresh fruit is enfolded in a glistening glaze. Would any other fruit work in this same way, I wondered. Then I found not one, but two, such pies with unusual fruit. One is a fresh pineapple pie (posted) and the other is this one in which fresh orange segments rest in a luscious glaze and just invite you to give it a try."
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
9
Yields:
1 pie
Serves:
6-8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Prepare dough for a 1-crust pie, adding grated orange zest. Line pie plate with pastry. Prick pastry with fork to prevent puffing during baking. Bake in preheated oven until golden, about 12 minutes; cool.
  • Meanwhile, peel oranges and section into segments. Squeeze membrane and reserve juice; you should have about 1 cup. Pour sugar over segments and let stand 1 hour. Drain liquid from segments, add to reserved juice to make 1-1/2 cups (add extra juice if necessary).
  • Place juice in a double boiler with salt and cornstarch. Cook until thickened. Add vanilla. Cool to room temperature.
  • Spread apricot jam on baked pie shell. Add orange segments, spreading over jam. Pour cooled sauce over orange segments. Chill at least 1 hour before serving.
  • To serve: garnish with toasted coconut.

Questions & Replies

  1. Do you pour the pie filling in before or after you put the crust in the oven? And how long do you bake the pie? I don't know how to cook pies
     
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Reviews

  1. I almost made this recipe exactly at stated. I really, really dislike making pie crust so I cheated and bought a refrigerated one. I pressed the orange zest into the crust. Other than that I did exactly as the recipe stated. It is labor intensive - and can get a little messy with squeezing oranges - however, it is worth it!!! Do not be in a hurry to make this pie. My sister and I want to rename it The Fresh Orange Breakfast Pie. We at it for breakfast. The only thing I would do different next time - which will be even more labor intensive - is to cut the orange segments in half. It would be a little easier to get the juice out and also I would just prefer smaller pieces in the pie. We accidentally bought 3 huge bags of oranges and were looking for a way to use them up. This was perfect!! Also, I did not top it with coconut - just didn't seem necessary.
     
  2. I made this recipe just like it said. I followed the advise of the other review and cut the segments in half. It is labor intensive, but I had a ton of oranges and we were snowed in so I thought it was a great use of time. I just got my hands in and squeezed all those oranges. My husband and I really enjoyed the finished flavor. My 15 year old grandson thought it was too sweet. I look forward to having a piece for breakfast!
     
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