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This sweet and salty layered dessert is to die for! The creaminess mixed with the crunch of the tasty crust, makes it literally, heaven in a pie!
It’s been another weird week. I wonder how many weeks I have labeled as “weird” in the past year. The older I get, the weirder my life feels. Or maybe it’s just the constant sleep deprivation? Elijah and I spent a night in the hospital this week, trying to get some scary croup under control. Nights in the hospital are always quite the experience, resulting in general weariness.
In my weary state of mind, I created this oh-my-goodness-heavenly pie last night and this morning. It’s a bit of a messy one, but it is totally sinful and delicious beyond words. I adore the salt-caramel combo that seems to be so trendy these days.
Pulse until moistened fine crumbs form. Press the crumbs evenly onto the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate.
Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Let cool. Increase the oven temperature to 425 degrees F.
Pour two cans of sweetened condensed milk into a glass baking dish. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt evenly over the top. Cover the dish with foil. Place the baking dish inside a roasting pan and fill the roasting pan with 1 inch of hot water.
Bake in the preheated oven for 2 1/2 hours, stirring every 30 minutes or so. Replenish the water in the roasting pan as needed.
Let cool, stirring occasionally.
Pour the caramel filling into the prepared crust.
Spray a piece of plastic wrap with cooking spray and place it over the pie, sprayed-side down. Chill in the refrigerator until the filling is set, about 4 hours.
In a medium bowl, combine:
2 cups heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
Using an electric mixer, beat on medium speed for 5 to 6 minutes, or until firm.
Remove the plastic from the pie and mound the whipped cream onto the pie.
TO DIE FOR, people, totally to die for. (Adapted from: Food & Wine Annual Cookbook 2012)
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 25 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 2 hourshours30 minutesminutes
Chill: 4 hourshours
Servings: 8servings
Calories: 409kcal
Author: Megan Porta
Ingredients
13graham crackersbroken into pieces
1/4cuplight brown sugar
5tbsp. salted buttermelted
214 oz. canssweetened condensed milk
1/2tsp. sea salt
2cupsheavy whipping cream
2tbsp. confectioner's sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a food processor, combine the graham cracker pieces, brown sugar and butter. Pulse until moistened fine crumbs form. Press the crumbs evenly onto the bottom and sides of a 9-inch pie plate. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Let cool. Increase oven temperature to 425 degrees F.
Pour the sweetened condensed milk into the bottom of a glass baking dish and sprinkle sea salt over top. Cover dish tightly with foil. Place the baking dish inside a roasting pan and fill the roasting pan with 1 inch of hot water. Bake in the preheated oven for 2.5 hours, stirring every 30 minutes and replenishing water in roasting pan as needed. Let cool, stirring occasionally.
Pour the caramel filling into the prepared crust. Spray plastic wrap with cooking spray and place it over the pie, sprayed-side down. Chill in the refrigerator until the filling is set, about 4 hours.
In a medium bowl, combine the heavy whipping cream and confectioners’ sugar. Using an electric mixer, beat on medium speed for 5-6 minutes, or until it becomes firm. Remove plastic from pie and mound the whipped cream onto the pie. Cut into wedges and serve.
Sprinkle 100g of the sugar into a non-stick frying pan, add 3 tablespoons of water and place on a medium heat for about 8 minutes, or until you've got a chestnut brown caramel – don't be tempted to stir or taste it, just gently swirl the pan occasionally. Quickly and carefully divide the caramel between the ramekins.
Ideally, apple pie (or any fruit pie) should be stored in the refrigerator, either with a lid or covered tightly with plastic wrap. It will last up to 4 days in the refrigerator, but always be sure to check in on your leftovers to make sure they still look and smell good before diving in.
It has a rich, indulgent flavour profile that is predominantly sweet. In salted caramel, adding salt creates a contrast that enhances the complexity of the caramel's flavour. Taste Experience: Including salt in caramel adds a savoury element that appeals to those who enjoy a balance of sweet and savoury flavours.
Mix the water and sugar in a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan. Cook over low heat for 5 to 10 minutes, until the sugar dissolves. Do not stir. ...
Simmer over low heat, stirring constantly, until the caramel dissolves and the sauce is smooth, about 2 minutes. Allow to cool to room temperature, at least 4 hours.
Once the dough is shaped and crimped, the last thing you want to do bake it right away. Chilling the shaped pie allows the aforementioned gluten to relax and the butter to get nice and cold again, both of which help your pie hold its shape better once it's in the oven.
According to the USDA, fruit pies in an airtight container can stay unrefrigerated at room temperature for up to two days. When refrigerated, apple pie can remain for up to one week.
If you can't refrigerate your caramel apples within two hours, it's better to throw them out than risk getting sick from eating them. Plus, storing caramel apples in the refrigerator has another benefit: The interior stays fresh-tasting and crisp while remaining soft and gooey on the outside.
You do not need to pre-bake a pie crust for an apple pie or any baked fruit pie really, but we do freeze the dough to help it stay put. Pre-baking the pie crust is only required when making a custard pie OR when making a fresh fruit pie. you should probably get: Pie weights are super helpful to have for pre-baking.
All in all, the Pyrex Basics 9-Inch Pie Plate's dimensions, even heat conduction, and simple design make it our top choice. We loved how well this dish kept the pie filling proportionate to the crust, and it released slices easily.
So you can put away your Granny Smiths and Red Delicious if you think you can just whip up McDonald's signature dessert at home. Instead, Mickey D's makes their pies with six different types of apples — Jonagold, Fuji, Golden Delicious, Gala, Rome, and Ida Red, all of which are homegrown in the U.S.
Firstly, salt acts as a flavour enhancer, which means it brings out the flavours of the caramel that may have been previously overlooked. Making it richer and sweeter than before, we can quite simply taste this sugary treat a whole lot better when we add salt.
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Wet caramel is made by combining sugar and a liquid and cooking them together, while dry caramel is made from just sugar, heated in a dry pan until it liquefies and browns.
Traditionally, caramel is made by heating sugar at a particular temperature until it melts and gradually turns brown. Usually, this process begins around 320°F, when the sugar melts and becomes a clear molten liquid. After that, if the temperature increases, the caramel will begin turning into a darker shade of brown.
For the "dry" caramel method, you simply heat the sugar in an empty pan until melted and caramelized. It's quick and direct, but the risk is that some parts of the sugar melt faster than others, and can burn before the rest had made it even to light amber.
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