Sunday, November 2, 2014

applily ever after

I made a pie from the day we went apple picking.
This thing ate up much butter and time on a slow Saturday, but it was quite worth it.
Pie for dessert.  Pie for dinner.  Pie for breakfast.  And it's gone.
Adapted from Bon Appetit.
Except with a cup of whole wheat flour subbed in, and I used a prepared spice mix that I got on clearance from Southern Season (I miss you).  And Julia's spice cake and chocolate chunk ice cream instead of caramel sauce.
It was only after I cut into it that I remembered the warning of hollow dome syndrome that I can only assume I first learned about from Alton Brown.  I just couldn't be bothered with draining my fruit, but next time, I'll have to push the filling and dough into any and all the crevices.  Alas, my crust crumbled when I cut into it.  That and the fact that I used a round cake pan are the reason for the poor, dilapidated slice below.  But whatever, fuck it, tasted delicious anyways.  I just ate it right out of the pan after the first mishap with retrieving a slice.
Fact: boiling the peels and cores makes for a nice and light apple tea.  It was even a pretty rosy color (which gets grayer the longer you boil it).

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