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A golden brown pie lattice made of pastry and bacon.

Bacon Apple Lattice Pie Recipe

Harry Soo
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This recipe is sponsored by Slap Yo' Daddy.
This tasty pie uses bacon as part of the strips in the creation of the lattice on top. The bacon adds a salty element to the overall pie.
Preparation 30 minutes
Cook 1 hour 20 minutes
Chill 50 minutes
Ready in 2 hours 40 minutes
Servings 8
CourseDessert
InfluenceGlobal
DifficultySeasoned
MethodBake
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Ingredients

Pastry Dough

  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter cold
  • 1/2 cup vegetable shortening cold
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 8 tablespoons water

Apple Filling

  • 6 granny smith apples (6 cups)
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 8 tablespoons white sugar
  • 4 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1/2 cup water

Bacon Lattice

Apple Pie

  • 1 egg yolk beaten
  • 1/4 cup crispy bacon bit (homemade or purchased)

Equipment

  • pie dish
  • parchment paper

Directions

Pastry Dough

  • Cut butter and shortening into small pieces and freeze. Keep flour in the freezer as well.
    Tip: Keeping pie crust ingredients cold creates a much better quality crumble.
  • Use a food processor to pulse the flour, salt, butter, and shortening until the mixture resembles a coarse meal.
  • Add the cold ice water and pulse until it forms a dough. Add water, as needed, a little at a time if the dough is too dry.
  • Cut the dough ball into half and flatten each into a circle. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes and up to 3 days.

Apple Filling

  • Peel then dice the apples into pieces about 1/2 an inch (1cm).
  • Cook apples in a large heavy saucepan over low heat.
  • Add the cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, white sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, flour, and water.
  • Cook until the apple has softened to the consistency you like, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat.

Bacon Lattice

  • Cut the bacon into even long strips about 1/2 inch (1cm) thick. Brush with maple syrup.
  • Roll out the second chilled dough into a 10-inch (25cm) round and cut it into even strips about 1/2 inch (1cm) thick for the lattice.
  • Use one strip of bacon and one strip of pie pastry in an alternating pattern to create a lattice on parchment paper.
  • Apply a light sprinkling of the rub that will give the lattice a slightly salty note.
  • Freeze the lattice until hard (about 20 to 30 minutes) on a baking tray.

Pie Crust

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  • Roll out one of the chilled doughs into a 14-inch (35cm) round, then transfer it to your pie dish.
  • Trim the overhang to ¾ inch (1cm) and crimp with a fork. Refrigerate the pie crust until ready to cook.
  • Remove the pie crust from the fridge and fill it with pie beads then bake for 10 minutes.

Apple Pie

  • Remove the pie crust from the oven and then remove the pie beads.
  • Spoon the apple pie filling into the warm pie crust.
  • Carefully flip the frozen bacon lattice you made on top of the pie. (The rub side of the lattice will be on the underside touching the apple filling).
  • Trim off any lattice edges with a knife or pair of scissors. Brush with beaten egg yolk.
  • Return the apple pie to the oven and bake until the filling is bubbly and the bacon and crust are cooked, this takes about 35 to 40 minutes.
  • Remove the bacon apple lattice pie and place it on a cooling rack.
  • Cut then serve the pie with vanilla ice cream and garnish with some crispy bacon strips.