To be totally honest this came as an after thought, I wanted to enter a second recipe in the contest but was recipe blocked. I had some left over pie dough from the beef pot pies and it came to me. It's really simple but the flavors work well together. I used granny smith apples, fresh whole cranberries and what I feel makes this special is how the walnuts that are pan toasted in butter, sage and orange zest. I used Julia Childs pie dough recipe and wanted to include the link. The crust turned out really nice, I used cultured butter (Vermont Creamery) Kerrygold would work well also and leaf lard. http://www.food52.com/recipes/14751_julias_all_purpose_pie_dough_pate_brisee <br />

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