Nora Ephron’s Peach Pie

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 tablespoons sour cream
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1/3 cup sour cream
  • 3 peaches, peeled and sliced

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

    • Preheat oven to 425.
    • Put 1 1/4 cups flour, salt, butter and 2 tablespoons sour cream in bowl of food processor and blend until they form a ball.  Pat into buttered pie tin and bake 10 minutes.
    • Lower oven temp to 350.
    • In medium-sized bowl, beat egg yolks slightly, then combine with the sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and 1/3 cup sour cream.
    • Arrange the sliced, peeled peaches into the baked pie crust.   Pour egg yolk mixture over peaches.  Cover with aluminum foil and bake 35 minutes.
  • Remove foil from pie and bake 10 minutes more, or until filling is set.

Serves 8.

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