While the flavors of cranberry and orange SEEM to be more of a fall and Thanksgiving time of year treat, I tend to disagree.
Dried cranberries puréed into a perfect pie crust, filled with a layer of orange marmalade, and then a layer of vanilla white chocolate cream cheese with blood orange juice, and a few slices of fresh blood orange makes an absolutely amazing, decadent pie ANY time of year.
Test out your tastebuds today, and let me know if you agree!
Cranberry Orange White Chocolate Vanilla Cream Pie
Cranberry Orange White Chocolate Vanilla Cream Pie
Crust:
8 Tbs. butter, ice cold and chopped into 1″ pieces
2 cups all purpose flour
1 large egg
1 Tbs. apple cider vinegar
ice cold water
1 cup dried cranberries
Pulse together the butter, flour, egg, and vinegar in a food processor until crumbly. Slowly add ice water, 1 tsp, at a time, until the dough becomes beady.
Add the cranberries and pulse until the dough forms into a ball within the food processor bowl.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
Transfer the dough ball to parchment paper and form into a disc. Top with an additional sheet of payment and roll out into a 10-11″ disc.
Transfer to a deep dish pie plate and flute the edges.
Add pie weights and bake for 20-25 minutes, until the crust is golden brown.
Fillings:
2 cups orange marmalade, divided
1 tsp. cornstarch
16 oz. cream cheese
1 pkg. Godiva Vanilla White Chocolate Instant Pudding
3 Tbs. heavy cream
1 blood orange, juiced (reserving 1-2 round slices for garnish)
Warm 1 3/4 cup marmalade over very low heat. Once smooth and drippy, stir in the cornstarch. Set aside.
Meanwhile, pulse together the cream cheese, remaining 1/4 cup marmalade, orange juice, instant pudding and heavy cream together in a food processor until smooth and creamy.
Spread the thickened marmalade over the top of the semi-cooled crust. Let set for several minutes.
Then, spread the creamy white chocolate pudding cream mixture over the top of the setting marmalade.
Transfer to the fridge and chill for several hours.
Top with slices of blood orange before slicing and serving. YUM, YUM, YUM all year long!
But, get ready FALL, here we come!
