German Fruit Pie Recipes

GERMAN PLUM TART

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and 3 tablespoons sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk. Gradually add flour, 1/4 cup at a time, until mixture forms a soft dough. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of a 9-in. pie plate., Arrange plums, skin side up with edges overlapping, in crust; sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake at 350° for 35-45 minutes or until crust is golden brown and fruit is tender.

FOUR FRUIT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
• Peel, core, and slice the peaches, apples, and pear. Place the fruit into a large bowl and add the raspberries. In a separate bowl, mix the white sugar, cinnamon, and 3 tablespoons flour. Pour the mixture over the fruit and gently toss the fruit to coat.
• Mound fruit mixture into a 9-inch pie shell.
• In a medium bowl, combine 3/4 cup flour and 1/3 cup brown sugar. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles small peas. Stir in the chopped pecans and sprinkle the crumble on top of the fruit.
• Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 35 to 40 minutes, or until filling is bubbly and the crust is golden brown. Cool on wire rack.

GERMAN FRESH FRUIT TORTE

Steps:

• Sprinkle or brush cake base lightly with fruit schnapps , liqueur, or sugar syrup to moisten but not douse.
• Prepare pudding according to directions for pie filling. Look at the following recipes if you would like to make vanilla pudding from scratch or if you would like to make pastry cream . If it is cooked, then cool until thickened. If it is instant, let it set a few minutes. Spoon into purchased sponge cake base and chill (Note: the German sponge cakes have a lip to hold in the pudding and fruit. They are baked in a special mold).
• Wash and prepare fresh fruit. Cut strawberries in half, peel and slice kiwi, etc. Arrange fruit decoratively on top of the pudding. You can also overlap sliced fruit if you wish. Place cake back in the refrigerator while you make the glaze.
• In Germany, you can buy tortenguss or cake glaze, which you simply mix with water. You can also order it online. If you don't have access to this product, it is easy to make a glaze which helps hold the fruit on the cake and seals in the fruit, so that it stays fresher, longer. It can be made with agar ​or gelatin, and sometimes cornstarch.
• To make the glaze shown here, sprinkle the package of gelatin over cold apple juice and let it swell for five minutes. Add 3/4 cup hot apple juice (plus one or two tablespoons sugar, as desired), stirring constantly until gelatin is dissolved. You may need to heat this mixture slightly but do not bring it to a boil or the gelatin loses the ability to gel. Place this mixture in the refrigerator until it starts to thicken.
• Pour, spoon, or brush the glaze over the cake. Refrigerate the cake for at least one hour and make sure the glaze has set before serving.

GERMAN FRUIT PIE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together. Pour into 2 unbaked pie shells (deep shells don't work as well) Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.