6 apricot pie with jam and dried apricots Recipes

whole allspice berries, vanilla bean , split lengthwise, freshly grated lemon zest (from about 2 lemons), dry red wine, water, sugar, firm-ripe pears such as bosc, pastry dough for a single crust 9-inch pie, an egg wash made by beating 1 large egg yolk with 1 tsp water, eggs, heavy cream, canned solid-pack pumpkin, light brown sugar, cinnamon, ground ginger, salt, ground allspice, freshly grated nutmeg, apricot jam, heated and strained, accompaniment:ginger creme anglaise

dried apricots, water, apricot jam or 1/2 cup preserves, minced pecans or 1/4 cup dry breadcrumbs, lard, chilled, unsalted butter, chilled, vegetable shortening, preferably crisco, chilled, soft wheat flour , such as white lily flour or 2 cups pastry flour or 2 cups cake flour, preferably or 2 cups all-purpose flour, salt, ice water, vegetable shortening, preferably crisco , for deep frying, sugar

fresh pumpkin or 5 lbs canned pumpkin, dried apricot, seedless raisin, sugar, lemon juice, pumpkin pie spice, ground ginger

refrigerated pie crusts, orange juice, sugar, chopped dried apricot, whipping cream, egg, beaten, bittersweet chocolate or 12 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped, grand marnier, apricot jam, orange juice, whipping cream, whipped,for garnish