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Mile High Raspberry Pie

Source of Recipe

Posted by Bev


List of Ingredients

Almond Pastry:
1/4 cup butter
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1 egg yolk
3/4 cup sifted flour
1/4 cup finely chopped almonds


Recipe

Cream butter, salt and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk; beat well. Stir in flour and almonds to make a stiff dough. press into a 9-inch pie pan. Refrigerate 30 minutes, then bake for 10 minutes at 400º, until golden.

Filling:
1 (10 to 12-ounce) package frozen raspberries; or 2 1/2 cups fresh raspberries
1 cup sugar for frozen or 1 1/3 cup for fresh
1 tablespoon lemon juice
dash of salt
2 egg whites, room temperature
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Thaw raspberries if frozen. Place raspberries in large bowl of mixer. Add sugar, lemon juice, salt and egg whites. Beat 15 minutes, or until stiff. Fold in whipped cream and almond extract. Mound in baked pastry shell. Freeze until firm.