Pie! Part Two

[taste_is_sweet]

As those who may recall, a few weeks ago I made Apple Pie for Dinner. It was good, but too quichy for my taste, so I determined to try it again with fewer eggs and more cheese. :)

Well, I did, and it was great! I doubled the cheese (or thereabouts, I didn't actually measure, but it was a lot, I know that), used one half cup milk and one egg instead of the cream and three egg yolks, so it ended up much more pie-like, and the apple and cheese taste came through very strongly. My husband loved it. :D

My son, of course, hated it. He agreed with my assessment that he likes apples and cheese cold, not hot and attached together. No, I don't understand this. Then again, I'm not three and a half.

Here's a picture!



As you can see, I probably put too much cheese on the top of the pie. Luckily, Dom loves toasted cheese crusts. In fact, he wants me to make it the same way the next time. But I'm thinking I'll either put more cheese on the bottom, or mix it into the apples and onions before I put them in the crust.

Thanks for your suggestion, fish_echo. This has been a lot of fun.

Comments

[fish-echo.livejournal.com]

Oooh, looks and sounds delicious! I'm glad to hear that you were able to tweak it into a tastier recipe for you and yours. And perhaps Jav will be happier with the chilled leftovers tomorrow?

Either of your solutions to the cheesecrust should work and be tasty. One other thing you can do to cut down on the crispy effect is to keep everything the same but add an upper crust-- I'd probably make it a latticework one that doesn't have too much open spaces (easy way to make a fake latticework-style crust-- take a full pie crust and a sharp knife and cut small holes out of it randomly until it has enough open spaces to make you happy. It's not necessarily pretty, but it does the job and can be fun for the children to do, although I'm guessing Jav won't be getting knives in the kitchen for a few more years.)

PS. My berry pie pictures/discussion have been moved to *some indeterminate point in the future but hopefully soon* because I'm behind from being sick. So quick and dirty rundown: The main thing I learnt was my flour estimate was wildly too much (made a normal thickness pie) but I used store bought blueberries, so I should have thought enough to realise I wouldn't need as much flour (and I added more flour than the words called for but less than the measurement called for). I'd say follow the words for how much flour to add, and keep in mind how juicy your berries are (add a little bit more flour if you have extra-really-juicy-fresh-picked berries, or use scant flour if you have dry-ish berries-- like my store bought blueberries). And for your family, maybe double the sugar? I think that would be too sweet, but you've a sweet tooth :)

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the flour warning. :) I bought some frozen mixed berries, so when I'm feeling brave I'll probably use more flour than less. I also don't mind the thick texture. I don't think I'll double the sugar, though I'll probably add more. We can always put maple syrup or honey on it afterwards. :D

[fish-echo.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, sounds like a tasty plan!