Mile high raspberry pie

8 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
¼cupButter or margarine
¼teaspoonSalt
2tablespoonsSugar
1Egg yolk
¾cupFlour, sifted
¼cupAlmonds, finely chopped
12ouncesRaspberries; frozen, thawed
1cupSugar
2Egg whites, room temperature
1tablespoonLemon juice

Directions

RASPBERRY FILLING

ds Salt 1 c Heavy cream; whipped ½ ts Almond extract Cream butter, salt and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk and beat well. Stir in flour and almonds to make a firm dough. Press into a 9" pie plate. Refrigerate 30 minutes. Bake at 400~ for 15 minutes or until golden. Thaw raspberries. In a large bowl, combine raspberries, sugar, egg whites, lemon juice and salt.

Beat for 15 minutes or until stiff. Fold in whipped cream and almond extract. Mound in baked pastry shell. Freeze until firm.

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #666 by Leon & Miriam Posvolsky <posvolsk@...> on Jul 11, 1997