The Pie Recipes

Ingredients

• 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
• 9 tablespoons (4.5 ounces) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 3½-4½ tablespoons ice water
• 1½ teaspoons cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons ground almonds
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2¼ pounds plums*—rinsed, halved, pitted and cut into ¼” slices (generous 6 cups)
• 1/3 cup demerara sugar (if the plums are very tart, add 1-2 tablespoon(s) dark brown sugar)
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• zest of one small orange
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
• 1/2 cup good-quality plum or raspberry preserves, strained if chunky or seedy
• egg wash made from 1 egg beaten with 2 tablespoons heavy cream or milk
• additional sugar for sprinkling
• 1/2 cup toasted, sliced almonds