I'm Bringing Sexy Back ...

making 3 types of crust seemed like a good idea at the time

...to pies.

Yep.

I'm bringing sexy back.
All those other bakers don't know how to act.
I think my pies are special for the cheap ingredients that they lack.
If you turn around, their taste will bring you back.

Hurry babe,
You see these lattices?
Butter, baby I'm your slave.
I'll let you cut me if I misbehave!
You see no other pies make my taste buds feel this way.

Go ahead and roll your eyes. I couldn't help myself.

After creating a not so great first pie in class I was on a mission to step my game up.

Let me preface this by saying none of these pies were perfect but I did learn a lot making them.

Therefore, I bring you the following trinity of pies:

1. Strawberry Lime Pie with a Savory Butter Crust Lined with White Chocolate

note to self: don't use a red plate with a red dish

2. Basil Ginger Blackberry and Apple Pie with a Brown Butter Crust
















3. Chai Poached Pear Pie with a Sweet Butter Crust

obviously the decoration on this one was a fail

In retrospect, maybe I should have stuck with simple recipes for practice but I just couldn't help myself.

Crust
With the first two pies I baked, I rolled my crust out too thin. Even when it wasn't over baked, it was still crispy.

And, I'll likely never blind bake a crust again without lots of additional practice-I just couldn't get it to work. The strawberry pie had the most successful crust.

I can't believe I'm saying this but in adjusting the recipes I may not have adjusted the fat properly. I think I put too much butter in and it dramatically affected the way the crust baked.

p.s. Lining a pie crust with chocolate is kind of awesome.

Filling
If you add more liquid, make sure you adjust the thickening agent. My strawberry pie turned out a bit wobbly because I added additional lime juice and didn't adjust the cornstarch.

Fresh herbs can really take flavor in a pie up a notch.

The pear filling was the most successful. It came together nicely and had the most perfect consistency.

I'm going to keep working on this but not for a few weeks. These pies wore me out :)