Greg's Hot Peach Pie

Homemade crust, fresh peaches and some hot and fruity habanero peppers make a pie with the perfect combination of sweet and spicy.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 412 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
• 6 large fresh peaches - peeled, pitted, and sliced
• 9 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
• 3 tablespoons ice-cold peach nectar, or as needed
• 4 large fresh peaches - peeled, pitted and chopped
• 3 habanero peppers, seeded and minced (wear gloves), or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Place 1 1/2 cup of flour and the salt into the work bowl of a food processor, and pulse briefly once or twice to combine. Add 9 tablespoons of chilled unsalted butter, and pulse 4 or 5 times, a few seconds per time, until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs. With the machine running, drizzle the peach nectar into the dough, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough gathers itself into a crumbly mass. Transfer the dough into a bowl, form into a ball, and wrap it in plastic wrap. Refrigerate to hydrate the dough, about 30 minutes.

Step 3

Place the 4 chopped peaches into the food processor, and pulse to puree, about 1 minute. Add the minced habanero peppers, 1 teaspoon at a time, and puree until smooth. Place the remaining 6 sliced peaches into a bowl, and toss lightly with the habanero puree.

Step 4

In a bowl, mix 1/3 cup of flour, the white sugar, and 1/4 cup of softened unsalted butter until it forms a crumbly mixture; set the streusel aside.

Step 5

Cut the dough in half, and roll each half into a circle about 10 inches in diameter. Fit one dough circle into a 9-inch pie dish. Pour the peach-habanero filling into the bottom pie crust, and sprinkle with the crumbly sugar streusel. Fit the top crust onto the pie, and crimp with a fork to seal the edges. Cut several slits into the top crust for venting steam.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until the crust is golden brown and the filling is bubbling and thickened, about 50 minutes.