INGREDIENTS:
Pie Crust:
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
- ¼ to ½ cup ice water
Pie Filling:
- 1 pineapple, enough for 4 to 4 ½ cups of cubed pineapple
- ¼ cup of sugar
- 1 tablespoon of cornstarch
- ¼ teaspoon of salt
- Juice of 1 lemon
- ½ teaspoon of nutmeg
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon of cream
- Sugar for sprinkling on top
INSTRUCTIONS:
- For the pie dough, in the bowl of a food processor, combine flour, salt, sugar and poppy seeds. Add butter, and process until the mixture resembles coarse meal, 8 to 10 seconds.
- With machine running, add ice water in a slow, steady stream through feed tube. Pulse until dough holds together without being wet or sticky; be careful not to process more than 30 seconds. To test, squeeze a small amount together: If it is crumbly, add more ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time.
- Divide dough into two equal balls. Flatten each ball into a disc and wrap in plastic. Transfer to the refrigerator and chill at least 1 hour.
- While the dough is chilling, prepare the pineapple filling. Cut the pineapple in ½ inch cubes
- Sprinkle pineapple with sugar, nutmeg, cornstarch and salt. Mix until combined. Add the lemon juice.
- Beat the egg with the tablespoon of cream, saving a ¼ of the mix to brush the pie crust. Add the remaining egg mix to the pineapple.
- Preheat your oven at 350ºF.
- Take one of the disks, and roll out to make the bottom of the pie. After placing the dough on the pie dish, chill it for 10 minutes to relax the dough. This will prevent that the dough shrinks when you bake.
- While the pie is chilling, roll out the second disk and cut strips to make your lattice pie crust.
- Place the filling in the chilled pie crust and start placing the strips vertically and work your way to the horizontal strips.
- After the lattice is done, use the saved egg wash to brush the pie crust and sprinkle some sugar on top.
- Bake for 1 hour, but at the 35 minute mark cover the edges of the pie with aluminum foil paper.
- After taking out the pie from the oven, make sure you let it sit at room temperature at least 1 hour before serving, or when you cut it to serve, the juices will make the pie fall apart.
