April's pie day tableOn January 23rd a.k.a. National Pie Day (not to be confused with "Pi Day" coming up on 3.14), April (of Farmer's Daughter) sent out an e-mail to a few pals, saying she was cleaning the pie dough out of her freezer and invited us over for a few sweet and savory pies. In a matter of hours she had whipped up a varied spread of 7 different pies: pork belly sauerkraut & potato, retro tomato both with and sans bacon, apple crumb, bourbon pecan, chocolate cream and coconut cream.
chocolate cream pie
chocolate cream pieI can't speak for the meat pies, but the retro tomato was the perfect combination of creamy cheese and crumb, and was so salt-addictive (not saying it was too salty, but addictive like the best homemade salt and vinegar potato chips--COULD NOT STOP EATING!)
bourbon pecan pieApril's crust is seriously the best I've EVER tasted-- so flaky, golden, and perfectly carmelized with the filling. This was especially evident with the bourbon pecan.
I go back for retro-tomato secondsI wish I had some pics of the PEZ because it was out of control-- fainting into the couch cushions style and ruining my appetite for the birthday party I had to go to afterward. Thanks to April for her mad baking skills, hospitality and ensuring that the first pie day of the year did not go un-celebrated. Now stay tuned for 3.14.10...
3 comments:
Oh, now you have me wanting to make one. I'm not very good at it, but, hey, is there such as thing as a bad pie? I don't think so.
Hey Emily, thanks for the shout out and crust compliments, and thanks to all you folkies for helping me clean out the freezer in good company! The pics look great! And you p.c. pie looks amazing, too!
wallace with the photo credit!
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