The Week of Eating In: Day Five – Pie Crust From Scratch

26 February 2010 - James Boo

Today’s post is a straight-up tutorial, entirely on video:

Friday’s Meals
-Yogurt with frozen berries and granola
-Quick-cook steel cut oats with ripe banana
-Fuji apple
-Home fries from scratch with Fried egg over easy
-Bugs on a log
-Mixed greens-and-apple salad with homemade basalmic dressing
-Pork schnitzel and sauteed yellow squash

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This entry was posted on Friday, February 26th, 2010 at 11:53 pm and is filed under New York.

1. Mel Says:
   February 27th, 2010 at 4:01 pm

   Very cool. Love the ending.

   I’ve been making pies for the last few years and the only difference is that the recipe I use adds a little bit of sugar to the mix, not sure how much off-hand. However, I have no idea how significantly it changes the taste.

   Hm…sounds like I need to do a pie crust taste test. Yum.

2. Humble Reader Says:
   February 28th, 2010 at 9:02 pm

   Such a painful use of a pie crust :(

3. James Boo Says:
   February 28th, 2010 at 11:09 pm

   Mel – I guess it depends on your tastes. Since pie fillings tend to have more than enough sugar, I find that adding fruit zest or some other source of flavor to the crust is more of a significant change. Also, you can experiment with different types of fats. I can’t stand shortening in pie crust, but leaf lard is a winner if used in reasonable proportion to butter :)

   Humble – Fear not! Amit didn’t drop the crust on the ground. I cleaned out the snow, put it in the fridge, and made a filling to go into it the very next evening.

4. Humble Reader Says:
   March 1st, 2010 at 9:16 pm

   What!? Doesn’t that mean you had NYC-contaminated snow!?!!?

   What filling?

5. James Boo Says:
   March 2nd, 2010 at 1:17 am

   I froze the entire thing once it was filled! Hopefully that took care of any remaining molecules of urban living.
   Included a photo of the pie in the next post :)

6. Humble Reader Says:
   March 3rd, 2010 at 8:22 pm

   I noticed. I am please. (Please send me a pie, I promise I’ll share with Mel and Zach)

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