September 2, 2012
Sour Cherry Pie Happy Labor Day, internet! Labor day kind of snuck up on me this year and, when I realized that it had in fact arrived, there were immediate waves of guilt and shame for not making more fruit pies this summer. So, the end-of-summer fruit pie frenzy combined with my lingering frustration at having (somehow) never successfully made a cherry pie spawned this: My inaugural sour cherry pie. The weird thing is, I'm not even that huge a fan of cherry pie, but it was beginning to drive me nuts that I couldn't make one. Then, between cutting the first piece for the photos and now (about 2 hours at most) about half the pie is gone... leaving me to conclude that perhaps this pie is very good. The crust came out gorgeously, and with ice cream, the whole thing just smacks of late summer in all the ways I wanted it to, releasing me to dream guilt-free about the Fall pies soon to come. Stay tuned, there will be many. Sour Cherry Pie
1 cup sugar (vanilla) 3 T corn starch1/4 t salt 1 t cinnamon6 cups pitted sour cherries2 T butter (cubed for dotting) Prepare crust, mix dry ingredients and toss the cherries in them. Then fill the pie shell, seal, wash the crust with an egg wash and sprinkle on some large grain sugar for prettiness, and bake at 375 for about an hour. When it's golden brown and bubbling, it's done. Let it set up for a long time before cutting it - mine was very runny.
Posted by Hannah Marshall. Posted In : Fruit Pies
August 24, 2012
Almond Flour Crust (peach coconut filling)
Good Morning, all. After several failed experiments I took a week or so off from baking to wallow in discouragement and work my way through the September issue of Vogue. Having accomplished both, I am happy to say that I'm back at it again and have enjoyed some success with something I've been wanting to do for awhile now: a gluten-free crust! It's not so much that it being gluten free mattered to me, but more that I wanted a nutritional improveme... Continue reading...
Posted by Hannah Marshall. Posted In : Healthy(ish)
August 7, 2012
Orange Blossom Chess Pie So, in the "Not Pies" section of this site, I recently announced that I'm doing a chocolate chip cookie series (which is basically what it sounds like: a lot of cookies) and now I'm about to announce another (probably short-lived) series: The Chess Pie series! In which I shall experiment with various chess pies of my own design, featuring some of my favorite ingredients. The first is this: Orange Blossom Honey. Filling1/2 cup butter (browned)1 cup sugar1/2 cup orange... Continue reading...
Posted by Hannah Marshall. Posted In : Chess Pies
July 27, 2012
Australian Meat Pie Happy Thunderstorm Thursday, Internet. In response to these storms I bring you the long-asked for (by a certain boyfriend of mine) and late delivered (by yours truly) Australian meat pie - or rather, what we'll call an American's adaptation of the revered Australian Meat Pie. It seems fitting to be posting this tonight - these have a very distinct "comfort food" element to them, and this definitely qualifies as "comfort food" weather (not to be confused with "comfort fo... Continue reading...
Posted by Hannah Marshall. Posted In : Dinner Pies
July 26, 2012
Nectarine Blueberry Pie This is a catch-up post - I made these little pies awhile back and never got around to posting them. The truth is, I'm not a huge fan of crumb toppings, so I wasn't especially proud to have used one in this case, but it actually worked really well for this pie. I find that crumb toppings are often on the sparse side, so I really layered it on here. Throw on some ice cream, and you really can't go wrong (provided you have good nectarines to begin with). I used a crea... Continue reading...
Posted by Hannah Marshall. Posted In : Fruit Pies
July 14, 2012
Cherry Peach Pie Good morning, internet. Today is the first of what may be many posts about combination fruit pies or, fruit pies that combine multiple fruits (think "strawberry rhubarb"). I've recently had several experiences that have reaffirmed my belief that cabin fever is great for culinary creativity - so is having an arbitrarily stocked kitchen (*note: only true sometimes - other times disastrous). A combination of these two circumstances have fostered some of my best (and many of m... Continue reading...
Posted by Hannah Marshall. Posted In : Fruit Pies
July 9, 2012
Mango Pie Welcome to summer - let the fruit pies begin! I maintain that mangos make the perfect fruit pie and, after a week of long & uncomfortably hot summer days, it was time to start tapping into some of the silver lining of summertime. For me, that means mango pie. I think this is my favorite pie. It's absurdly simple to make, the mangos do all of the flavor labor (ha) and, given a healthy amount of post-cooking set-up time, it always comes out beautifully. I used Martha Stewart's pate ... Continue reading...
Posted by Hannah Marshall. Posted In : Fruit Pies
July 3, 2012
Pistachio Tarts First: I have relocated from my previous HQ in east central nowhere to New York. I mention this for two reasons (1) to account for my recent hiatus from baking and blogging (2) you'll see the skyline in my photos. Second: I'm going through a pistachio phase. I attribute it to my discovery of Momofuku Milk Bar's pistachio croissants in conjunction with the abundance of pistachio gelato and ice cream that are available and whose consumption is defensible given the heat wave ... Continue reading...
Posted by Hannah Marshall. Posted In : Tarts
July 3, 2012
Pie Week! It seems fitting that my hiatus from baking and blogging is coming to an end just as Pie Week on NPR begins. So, before business really gets going again, I'm easing my way in by directing your attention to some Pie Week posts from The Salt. Enjoy! "Pie Making 101"
"Afraid of Pie Crust?""5 Facts About Pie That Might Surprise You"
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May 13, 2012
Raw Lemon Cashew Pie Happy Sunday! Let's get started, we have a lot to cover today. This recipe, adapted from this Lavendar Honey "Cheese" Cake on Roost has become somewhat of a game changer for me. I actually made this awhile ago (two weeks?) and in the time between making it and getting it up on the site, a fair amount has happened: I completed grad school and, in so doing, freed up a lot of time in my day to day. With said leisure time, I have begun reading AJ Jacobs' Drop Dead Healthy i... Continue reading...
Posted by Hannah Marshall. Posted In : Healthy(ish)
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