Thursday, April 12. 2007

(moved from the old blog)

This Thanksgiving I was feeling kind of uninspired by my usual apple pie, although it's quite yummy, and was wishing I hadn't already told people I was making one. I really wanted to make a tarte tatin again. But pie is traditional, so I was definitely going to follow through. Then I had a brainstorm! I would first caramelize the apples, in quarters, just like I do for tarte tatin (only many more of them) and then put them in a pie crust (rather than cover them for a later flip.) Then, I thought, a bit of streusel topping couldn't possibly be a bad idea!

I was right!

It SO didn't suck!

Look at the whole entry for pictures of the process

Caramelizing 11 apples in a big ol' pan:

This made two beautiful layers of apples in my crust, which I just folded in over the apples, for a more ~~lazy~~ rustic look.

After it came out of the oven, all brown and pretty. That first picture is fresh out of the oven! That would have been a completely acceptable pie, just like that!

It occurred to me, at this point, that the gorgeous apple arrangement was about to get covered over, with streusel. So be it!

Posted by Kimberly Jennery at 08:59 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

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