Making a fruit pie in a pizza pan accomplishes two things. One - it stretches to serve (a LOT) more people. Two - your crust and your filling are much more noticeable and appreciated. I like to drizzle mine with a powdered sugar / milk glaze, which makes it all the more appetizing.
I started making apple pie in a pizza pan a few years after I was married, and it has become my second-oldest son’s self-proclaimed comfort food. I’ve made it for him for almost every one of his birthdays (and he just turned twenty nine).
Although his favorite is still plain apple pie, I decided to jazz it up a bit by adding a few fresh cranberries. It turned the juices a rosy red color, and added some zing - I loved it.
If you've never tried bottling sliced apples - I highly recommend it. I reach for these bottles when making pie, cobbler, crisps, and I even enjoy them plain with cinnamon sugar. Every fall I get out my apple peeler/corer/slicer and go for it. I place the peeled apple slices in a large kettle with a few tablespoons of water until they turn limp enough to pack into bottles. I add no sugar or water, and it makes it’s own juice as it processes. Talk about convenient! Canned apple slices in the grocery store are hard and tasteless - don’t you agree?
I also tried out using large elbow macaroni to “vent” my pie this time. It worked fairly well - although it still spilled in my oven and gave my smoke alarm a run for it’s money. (You may consider placing a sheet of foil on the rack just under the one that holds your pie - just in case)
This works out just right using the Never-Fail Pie Crust recipe (link is HERE). If you roll it thin enough, it is just the right amount of pastry dough.
For the recipe, with links and photos - go to:
No comments:
Post a Comment