Apple Pie with Port With Cheddar Cheese Crust

Title:
Apple Pie with Port With Cheddar Cheese Crust

Yield:
8 Servings

Categories:
Pies,
Desserts




Ingredients:




----------------------------------FILLING----------------------------------


 1 1/2 c  Sugar


   1/4 c  Cornstarch


   2/3 c  Apple juice


   2/3 c  Port


     2 tb Butter or margarine


     1    Lemon (Grated peel only)


     8 md Cooking apples; peeled


          - and sliced





----------------------------CHEDDAR
CHEESE CRUST----------------------------


     2 c  Sifted flour


     1 ts Salt


   2/3 c  Shortening


   3/4 c  Shredded sharp cheddar


     5 tb Cold water (or more)





 Combine sugar and cornstarch in large saucepan. Stir in apple juice, port,


 butter and lemon peel. Cook over medium heat until mixture boils. Add


 apples and cook gently until barely tender.


 


 To make Cheddar Cheese crust, mix flour, salt and shortening with pastry


 blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in cheese. Add water


 gradually and mix lightly with fork to form dough. Divide pastry in halves


 and roll out one half to fit 9-inch pie pan. Roll second half of pastry and


 cut into 10 (1/2-inch) strips. Spoon filling into pastry-lined pan. Weave


 pastry strips across filling to make lattice top. Bake at 375F 30 to 45


 minutes, or until done. Serve warm.


 


 From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini