for this post we are harking back to a bakesoc social from last term - pie night! this was another of our bake & bring socials, held at a swanky bar in exeter. the requirements were simple - anything vaguely pie related was allowed, sweet or savoury.
i teamed up with my history girls to create a dual pie offering - pecan and apple.
for the pecan pies we adapted a hummingbird recipe (by adapted i think we didn't have treacle as well as golden syrup so just used more of the latter, this explains why they aren't perhaps as dark in colour as expected).
a while ago i bought some individual tart cases in a sale and this was the first chance i've had to use them - it's nice to make individual portions and they can look great when arranged on a plate.
here they are fresh out of the oven
personally i am not huge fan of pecan pie but i am assured that these were really good (although when given compliments we did have to confess that we had used ready made pastry but let's keep that on the down low!)
our second offering was puff pastry apple pies - from a lorraine pascale recipe (again we cheated with the pastry) but we did make the apple filling ourselves.
unfortunately in the rush of making two types of pie on a short deadline i completely forgot to egg wash them (having even beaten an egg in preparation...!) so they don't have the golden outside as seen on lorraine's. however they tasted really good. i love apple pastries and puff pastry is always such a treat!
note the artistic apple scored into the top!
about to go in the oven (minus the egg wash - whoops!)
on display at the social (student economy of transportation and display device in one tin!)
at the social itself there were so many gorgeous different types of pie that we all felt quite sick at the end from the amount we had eaten!
in this photo you can see the pecan pies but also the grasshopper pie and mince pies made by our presidents.
the grasshopper pie is an american creation and is quite like a cheesecake. i absolutely loved it - it was like mint choc chip ice cream in a creamy pie form (and that is one of my favourite ice cream flavours!)
the mince pies were equally scrummy - they contained cranberries and almonds which added a refreshing twist and everyone who knows me knows i do love a good mince pie!
another of the other offerings was savoury. apologies for the odd looking photo but these were shaped like mini pasties and contained spinach, feta and sun dried tomatoes (if i remember correctly!). they were moreish and i could have easily polished off many of these. (i'm still trying to hunt down the recipe).
well i hope this has made you sufficiently hungry for lunch and perhaps inspires you to make a pie of your own. they are so easy to make, especially if you buy ready made pastry (i certainly won't be judging you!)
love,
nen
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