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says summer like a blueberry pie they 00:05
make it extra special I often make mine 00:09
with a lattice top which not only allows 00:11
you to take a peek at the colorful 00:14
filling inside but it also acts as a 00:15
vent for steam Escape 00:18
it may look complicated this particular 00:20
lattice but I'll share my trick for 00:22
making it as easy as pie first the 00:25
pottery say three and three quarters 00:28
cups of all-purpose unbleached flour and 00:30
one and a half teaspoons of granulated 00:33
sugar and one and a half teaspoons of 00:36
salt 00:39
so the first thing I do is 00:40
mix up my dry ingredients by pulsing 00:43
that's called pulsing up and down up and 00:47
down and then you can add your 00:48
butter three sticks of butter and the 00:52
butter has been neatly cut into quarter 00:54
inch cubes 00:56
this makes it very easy to get the right 00:58
texture of pastry by preparing your 01:01
butter like this and it's icy icy cold 01:04
the golden rule of 01:07
hot Breeze is make it cold everything 01:10
the flour the butter the ice water and 01:13
then pulse 01:17
and then you add a half a cup of ice 01:20
water and notice how I'm pulsing and 01:22
adding the Ice Water sort of on the 01:24
outside of the feed tube 01:28
there I think we have our pastry 01:32
take it off and with this much I'm going 01:39
to divide it into three equal discs of 01:41
dough you can use your plastic to pull 01:44
the pastry together and if it's a warm 01:47
day work as quickly as you can do not 01:50
let this pastry get warm it will not be 01:53
the kind of flaky pie crust that you 01:57
want 01:59
so there just place them on a baking 02:01
sheet and put them in the refrigerator 02:03
for at least an hour 02:05
so now for the filling which is three 02:09
pints of blueberries the zest of one 02:12
lemon 02:14
and also the Juice of the lemon 02:17
foreign 02:21
combination of lemon and blueberry is 02:23
just spectacular 02:26
very good for you 02:28
half a cup of sugar only a half a cup 02:30
can't complain that it's too sweet three 02:34
tablespoons of corn starch 02:36
cornstarch will be very helpful in 02:40
thickening the 02:44
juices that come out of the berries 02:46
and 02:49
a traditional spice is cinnamon for 02:51
blueberry or just a quarter of a 02:55
teaspoon though you can stir this up 02:57
and a little sprinkling of salt will 03:00
also be nice 03:02
for the filling 03:04
and 03:07
two tablespoons of butter just cut the 03:09
butter into little pieces and stir this 03:11
all together the butter helps enrich the 03:14
juices that are being thickened by the 03:16
cornstarch it's a whole little method 03:19
and this is ready to put into the pie 03:21
so now I'm going to roll out one disc of 03:24
the pastry to fit the bottom of the nine 03:27
inch glass pie plate I think that is a 03:30
very nice size for the pie plate if you 03:33
have difficulty lifting up your crust 03:36
the easiest I find is just to roll it on 03:38
the pin like this and unroll it into 03:41
your dish 03:44
foreign and then don't use your sharp 03:45
fingernails if you have them I don't 03:48
have them but use the back of your 03:50
fingers like this to press this into the 03:53
dish 03:55
and then what I do is I put this right 03:56
back into the fridge and chill it while 03:59
I'm rolling out the rest of the topping 04:00
and now for the lattice top of the pie 04:04
just roll your dough into a square 04:06
approximately 11 inches 04:08
and we're going to cut this into strips 04:11
big pie day you don't have to go to the 04:14
gym 04:17
get lots of upper body 04:18
exercise 04:20
and you can transfer this piece onto a 04:24
parchment lined baking sheet 04:27
and get that into the fridge while you 04:32
roll out the Third 04:33
so here we have our chilled dough and 04:35
you cut this into one inch strips 04:38
there 04:41
and 04:42
save your scraps you might need them for 04:43
something else so you'll cut this piece 04:46
and your second piece into the one inch 04:48
strips 04:51
so now you're going to place this on top 04:52
of two 04:56
you're going to lift to 04:58
so this is the beginning of your lattice 05:02
then 05:06
you're going to go under 05:08
it's basically basket weaving 05:12
101 and the colder your dough is by the 05:15
way the easier it is to weave 05:19
so there now get that right back into 05:22
the refrigerator chill it then you'll 05:24
put it on top of your pie 05:26
so now get your gorgeous blueberry 05:28
filling into your bottom crust 05:30
now brush the edge of the pastry with 05:34
egg yolk this is your glue it's going to 05:38
let the lattice adhere right to the top 05:40
of the pie 05:43
now this we've trimmed the edges just 05:45
lift this right on top of the entire 05:48
blueberry pie and press all the way 05:51
around the edges 05:54
and then with a pair of scissors just 05:56
trim about a quarter of an inch from the 05:59
edge of your pie plate 06:02
so now take your fingertips and Tuck 06:05
this under 06:08
just make sure it's really sealed 06:09
and then brush with the same 06:12
egg yolk to give a beautiful beautiful 06:17
golden brown color to the lattice and 06:21
I'm also going to sprinkle with sanding 06:25
sugar to give an added crunch to this 06:27
pie 06:30
now your oven should be preheated to 425 06:31
degrees 06:34
put the pie right in and bake for 20 06:36
minutes and then reduce the heat to 375 06:39
and continue baking until the filling is 06:42
bubbling and the crust is evenly browned 06:44
60 to 75 minutes 06:47
so this is what the pie looks like when 06:50
it comes out of the oven 06:52
so here we have another disc of pastry 06:57
this is potprize and it is the basis for 07:01
our coconut cream pie and this Kai is 07:04
filled with a wonderful custard made out 07:07
of coconut and coconut milk and it's 07:10
topped with whipped cream another one of 07:12
my favorites I keep saying that but why 07:15
would I be teaching you anything but my 07:17
favorites in this show I want you to 07:19
know how to make these pies that I have 07:22
enjoyed over the years you should know 07:24
how to make them also so roll your 07:26
pastry notice I am rolling in One 07:28
Direction and just lightly letting the 07:31
rolling pin come back towards me without 07:33
any pressure keep your surface well 07:35
floured but not too heavily floured 07:39
and just make sure while you're rolling 07:43
that you're constantly moving your 07:46
pastry so that it is not sticking to the 07:48
rolling surface if it sticks you're 07:51
going to have a lot of trouble lifting 07:53
it up off the surface and you will not 07:54
have a good pie crust okay so this looks 07:58
pretty much the right size it will 08:02
overhang the edges which is what I want 08:05
now to lift off the counter if you were 08:07
paying attention in the first lesson for 08:09
Patrice you have learned this already 08:11
but roll on your rolling pin like this 08:14
that lifts the whole thing up without 08:18
tearing without breaking 08:21
and then carefully roll it off the pin 08:23
into the dish just like that 08:27
it's a foolproof method for getting that 08:30
pastry into the dish now your edges are 08:33
a little rough trim with your scissors 08:36
all the way around 08:39
you want a nice big Edge on this one 08:42
some people use a knife for this but I 08:47
find the scissors really works very well 08:49
now roll this under 08:55
but see how I'm letting it hang over the 08:58
edge a little bit important for this 09:00
particular spoon handle fluted Edge 09:03
the bottom will be docked a little bit 09:07
with a fork 09:10
now to do this spoon Edge 09:14
flower your handle 09:17
and you'll use your finger like this and 09:21
your spoon to make 09:26
The Edge pretty 09:28
many many ways to make 09:30
a pie crust 09:33
and get this right into the refrigerator 09:35
or the freezer to chill again 09:37
so now we're going to Blind bake this 09:41
crust the crust has been docked with a 09:44
fork docking prevents erupting during 09:46
baking you want to keep the crust nice 09:49
and flat so by making these little tiny 09:51
steam holes the pastry stays flat in the 09:53
dish now we have to line this with a 09:56
piece of paper some people use aluminum 09:59
foil I just don't like having the 10:01
aluminum on my pastry so I always use a 10:03
parchment very much like lining a cake 10:06
tin 10:09
if you want to make a large round fold 10:10
your 10:13
square of parchment into 10:14
some triangles 10:17
and I just 10:19
trim it off with my shears and then 10:21
crumple this all up like this it looks 10:25
kind of silly doesn't it but the more 10:29
you crumple your paper the more it will 10:31
lie flat in your crust this is better to 10:34
have a used piece of parchment paper so 10:39
there 10:42
it's more malleable this way 10:43
and now just lay this 10:46
and now fill with pie weights pie 10:49
weights can be store-bought you can buy 10:51
little aluminum pie weights or you can 10:54
use an assortment of dried beans 10:57
and they have been used to fill many a 11:01
pie crust they weight down the crust 11:03
they heat up they're cooking the top of 11:07
the crust while the oven is cooking the 11:10
underside of the crust and they keep 11:13
everything nice and flat and keep the 11:16
crust in the dish keeps it from 11:18
shrinking down in the dish so this 11:20
should go right into a 375 degree oven 11:22
bake until the edges of the crust are a 11:25
light golden brown that takes about 25 11:28
minutes then we remove the beans or the 11:30
weights and then bake a little bit more 11:33
maybe 10 minutes more until it's all 11:36
evenly golden brown and now for the 11:38
custard filling so you'll need four egg 11:40
yolks separated from their whites now 11:43
it's a thickening of cornstarch a 11:46
quarter of a cup of corn starch 11:49
and a half a cup 11:54
of sugar mix these together in your 11:56
saucepan because you'll get all the 11:59
lumps out of the cornstarch 12:03
that's the corn starch 12:06
quite flowery 12:08
and add one and a quarter cups of whole 12:11
milk 12:13
and one and a half cups 12:17
coconut milk differs from coconut cream 12:20
is a much thinner version and you can 12:23
make your own if you have a fresh 12:27
coconut but you can also buy coconut 12:28
milk 12:30
into this liquid add a half a teaspoon 12:32
of salt 12:34
have your egg yolks ready as soon as it 12:38
starts to thicken you will temper your 12:41
egg yolk and then add them back 12:42
it's already getting thick I'm now going 12:48
to stir with a wooden spoon so this 12:51
custard like others can be baked or 12:53
stirred on the stove top a custard like 12:56
this requires slow cooking and gentle 13:00
heat in order to prevent separation or 13:02
curdling and be very very careful it's 13:04
like making a creme brulee or a cup 13:06
custard 13:08
so everything is nicely dissolved it's 13:10
time now to temper the egg yolks I'm 13:13
going to take a little bit of the 13:16
mixture and whisk it into the egg yolks 13:18
in a thin stream you don't want to cook 13:22
the egg yolks you just want to temper 13:24
them bring them as close to the 13:27
temperature of this liquid as possible 13:29
without cooking them because the egg 13:31
yolks in addition to the corn starch act 13:33
as the thickeners for the custard 13:36
good nicely tempered and now you can 13:39
just put this whole thing back into the 13:42
pot 13:46
and continue cooking over low heat until 13:47
the mixture thickens and coats the back 13:50
of a wooden spoon 13:52
now I'll show you what I meant by 13:54
coating the back of a wooden spoon it's 13:56
coated and you can draw a line in it and 13:59
that line 14:01
tasty will stay now three quarters of a 14:02
teaspoon of vanilla 14:06
and 14:09
one cup of the very best shredded 14:11
sweetened coconut 14:14
stir that in and that is your custard 14:18
filling you can just put this into 14:20
little custard cups and feed it to the 14:22
kids as coconut pudding it's very good 14:25
but it will be even better in our 14:27
gorgeous crust now I want to show you 14:31
why this is such a good crust not only 14:33
is it the right color underneath as well 14:36
as on top but it also lifts out of the 14:39
dish it holds together and yet it is 14:43
still tender and crispy so that's a Vine 14:46
potpourise recipe so now just pour this 14:49
into your pie shell 14:53
and that's your coconut cream custard 14:57
now take a piece of plastic wrap 15:00
lightweight if you can find it and just 15:02
place it over the custard and 15:04
refrigerate until the custard itself is 15:07
totally chilled do not freeze because 15:10
freezing and thawing can cause the 15:14
filling to separate just not a good idea 15:17
so the pie filling has 15:19
completely chilled it doesn't move 15:22
that's good and now you can dollop on 15:25
some softly whipped cream 15:29
this is one and a half cups of heavy 15:32
cream and two tablespoons of 15:35
confectioners sugar whipped in 15:37
and it looks good 15:40
you could put a little vanilla in your 15:43
whipped cream also every last bit should 15:45
go on that pie and then you can kind of 15:48
swirl it a little bit I like to make 15:52
sure I cover the entire custard without 15:54
covering the crust of course now these 15:57
are old-fashioned deep pies which are 15:59
very satisfying to eat very delicious 16:02
and as I said in the beginning of the 16:05
show Once you master the art of making 16:07
the pie crust itself you will feel very 16:10
good about making pies on a regular 16:14
basis at home 16:16
tastes very good 16:20
toasted coconut this is fresh coconut or 16:22
you can buy coconut flakes like this and 16:25
lightly toast them in the oven if you're 16:28
going to make your own out of fresh 16:31
coconuts take a vegetable peeler and 16:32
make Flakes and just Brown those flakes 16:35
on a cookie sheet in the oven and they 16:38
will Brown nicely I think this looks 16:40
really good I'm going to use all of them 16:43
but I'm going to 16:45
and voila 16:48
a very very nice coconut cream pie that 16:51
you are going to devour I hope I've been 16:55
able to teach you how easy it is to make 16:58
some incredible pies now I'm going to 17:01
show you how to make cherry tart filled 17:03
with that wonderful pastry cream 17:05
papers which is my basic pie crust has 17:07
no eggs and very little sugar and the 17:11
patsu crate has two egg yolks and the 17:15
potsukrey extra has an extra egg yolk so 17:17
that's what we're making two and a half 17:20
cups of all-purpose flour unbleached a 17:22
pinch of salt a third of a cup of sugar 17:25
and I'm going to just pulse this a 17:28
little bit it's the same thing as 17:31
sifting it using a food processor is 17:33
real it makes this really really easy we 17:35
have timed making it by hand and making 17:37
it in a food processor and I think it 17:39
takes 16 or 18 seconds in a food 17:41
processor and it takes a lot longer by 17:44
hand maybe the butter is icy cold two 17:46
sticks cut up into beautiful cubes 17:49
really helps very much in the 17:52
cutting in process 17:55
I still want to have little tiny bits of 17:58
butter visible and then we have three 18:00
large egg yolks and a quarter of a cup 18:04
of ice water beat this up a little bit 18:06
do you use sucre instead of Breeze just 18:08
for flavor is the texture it's a little 18:11
sturdier and tasty because it's sweet 18:14
and pretty it keeps its shape very 18:17
nicely 18:20
and you can just pour this 18:22
now could this be done ahead of time oh 18:25
yeah you can keep it refrigerated 18:28
overnight don't keep it too much longer 18:29
you know how pastry starts to get gray 18:31
yeah so but look at the gray color 18:33
and put this on a little bit of bench 18:36
flour 18:38
you have to have enough moisture you 18:41
have to make sure it's not too dry if 18:43
it's too dry you're going to have a 18:46
really hard time rolling it out just 18:47
divide this in half because this will 18:49
make two nine inch tarts and wrap this 18:51
in plastic wrap a nice flat round 18:55
so these will go into the fridge 18:58
and we have one all ready to roll we 19:01
have a nine inch tart shell we want it 19:04
to be larger than the pan now how do you 19:07
get the dough from here to there 19:11
good and watch what you're doing 19:14
see I've went in very nicely 19:18
and then with the backs of your fingers 19:22
you can press into the pan I like to 19:24
reinforce the sides and that reinforcing 19:27
means doubling down a little bit I push 19:29
this down a little bit like that 19:31
all the way around now you can get the 19:34
excess off press this down like that and 19:37
use your rolling pin 19:40
to just break it off and that works very 19:42
well it gives you a very nice 19:45
crust chill this for about 20 minutes 19:47
before you bake it so we have our 19:50
chilled shell looks good you don't have 19:53
to dock it because it's a dense dough 19:56
the egg yolks keep it nice and flat 19:59
we're going to Blind bake and a piece of 20:00
parchment paper looks like I'm getting 20:03
ready to throw it away or throw it at 20:05
somebody 20:07
but just wrinkle that up it makes it 20:09
more malleable and it'll fit nicer into 20:11
the shell have your oven preheated to 20:13
375. 20:15
and add your weights these are all kinds 20:18
of different beans and lentils split 20:22
peas 20:24
and they make a very nice 20:26
weight so this goes right into the oven 20:28
for about 20 minutes remove the weights 20:31
and the paper and bake until it's a nice 20:34
golden brown 20:37
here's our finished tart shell nice 20:39
crispy brown crust and it's ready to 20:41
fill you have to pit the cherries that's 20:44
the time consuming thing to do so best 20:46
to try to find a cherry Pitter the best 20:49
one I think is this German version and 20:52
the pits fall into this container here 20:55
but don't you love that this goes like 20:58
Fast really great now this you can find 21:00
in odd Little Hardware Stores you put 21:04
the Cherry right here 21:07
and you just push this down and the pit 21:08
goes into the jar and the Cherry is 21:11
pitted and then there's this one 21:12
I just want to show you all these 21:15
versions because they're kind of 21:16
interesting this one you put the Cherry 21:17
here and you push down 21:19
and then pit comes out and your cherry 21:25
is done so whatever way you choose to do 21:27
it three and a half cups of cherries so 21:30
cut these in half and add them to your 21:33
three and a half cups 21:35
and now we're going to whisk the cream 21:36
until it's nice and smooth this is 21:38
chilled and add a half a cup of heavy 21:40
cream whipped this will lighten it 21:44
slightly enrich it slightly and add a 21:46
little bit of 21:50
flavor 21:51
and I'm mixing that in 21:56
and now put this pastry cream right into 21:59
your shell now you could chill this 22:03
again if you'd like but I'm going to put 22:05
the cherries right on top 22:08
we're putting the cherries cut side up 22:10
all the way around and the stem end out 22:12
or in whichever way but once you start 22:15
try to be uniform for the prettiest tart 22:17
so here last cherry 22:21
and I have Cherry Jam that's been 22:25
strained and add a little kishwasher and 22:27
then dress your tart once you do this 22:31
final little embellishment of the tart 22:34
in the refrigerator let it chill before 22:37
unmolding cutting and serving 22:40
chewy chess tart I like serving this by 22:44
itself or with just a little bit of 22:48
unsweetened whipped cream 22:51
and now for a cookie crust this is made 22:54
out of vanilla wafers and you can grind 22:57
these up in your food processor 23:01
get them very fine 23:04
okay so there's your very finely ground 23:13
Nilla wafers 23:15
add one half teaspoon of salt 23:21
and two and a half tablespoons of sugar 23:24
and stir in your melted six tablespoons 23:32
of butter 23:36
so that's your crust so simple 23:38
I know your family will love this pie 23:42
let me show you how to form this one 23:47
so fun to make because it is a no roll 23:50
crust 23:53
spread it as evenly as you can in the 23:54
bottom of a removable bottom nine inch 23:57
tart shell this is like a quiche pan 23:59
tart shell pan 24:01
and with your fingertips just pull up 24:05
about a quarter of an inch thick on the 24:09
side 24:12
you can make this crust in advance 24:13
and now to flatten the bottom you can 24:16
just use the bottom of your measuring 24:18
cup like this and really compress the 24:20
crust you're going to chill this before 24:24
baking 24:26
what a neat and simple crust it goes 24:29
into a preheated 325 degree oven for 12 24:32
to 15 minutes and now the filling for 24:35
the tart three whole eggs and one is 24:38
yolk and add a half a teaspoon of the 24:42
very best vanilla 24:45
to this add your dry ingredients one cup 24:51
of granulated sugar 24:55
when I tasted this pie I just fell in 25:00
love with it you can't eat a lot because 25:03
it's very rich but it is very tasty 25:05
because really there's not much in it 25:09
except sugar 25:10
and eggs and uh a half a cup of packed 25:12
late brown sugar 25:16
pack that in 25:19
and now this gets Incorporated and 25:23
there's one surprise ingredient which 25:26
gives a crunchiness to the filling that 25:29
I think is very appealing and that's 25:32
cornmeal one tablespoon of fine cornmeal 25:35
and add one quarter of a teaspoon 25:43
of salt 25:47
and one last ingredient 25:49
melted butter 25:52
one stick eight tablespoons a quarter of 25:54
a pound this is what gives the chewiness 25:58
to the filling 26:00
pour this in 26:02
once filled get this into a 325 oven 26:04
preheated and bake this for about 35 26:07
minutes 26:10
this chest tart is done let this cool to 26:12
room temperature and then chill it 26:16
for an hour or so and we have one that's 26:18
already chilled right here and I can put 26:21
this on our serving pedestal oh so 26:24
pretty watch how easily the ring comes 26:28
off 26:31
and you can just put this 26:32
right on 26:34
your decorative serving dish and that is 26:36
your chewy chess tart 26:40
Mile High apple pie is all about the 26:43
apples and the crust flaky and light 26:46
encasing a big pile of three different 26:49
kinds of apples 26:53
in order to learn how to make the best 26:55
pot Breeze you should really just follow 26:57
the golden rules 27:01
make it cold bake it hot and if possible 27:02
use a food processor and so it's two and 27:06
a half cups of all-purpose flour 27:09
one teaspoon of salt 27:12
and you can just pulse that so the salt 27:15
is evenly distributed 27:17
even the salt can be cold 27:20
and two sticks of butter and it should 27:23
be cold and hard for this process of 27:27
cutting the butter into the flour 27:30
and we're going to measure 27:33
a half a cup of iced water so you want 27:35
to pour your water while you pulse on 27:39
the outside of your tube 27:42
so it looks like it's pretty much done 27:45
okay so just wrap this in a flat round 27:49
in a piece of plastic wrap and that is 27:51
going to roll into one good pie crust 27:54
you need two of these 27:56
and now we're going to use our first 27:58
batch of pot freeze for Mile High apple 28:00
pie today we're using different kinds of 28:03
apples from Breezy Hill Orchards up in 28:06
statsburg New York Jonah gold these big 28:08
red tinged apples very tart very nice 28:12
these are large with a lot of deep 28:16
flavor and we're also adding to the mix 28:19
today Granny Smiths we're using five and 28:22
a half pounds of apples in this one pie 28:26
and we're going to also add to the 28:29
apples to keep them from turning brown 28:31
the juice of two lemons 28:33
I'm cutting off the tips of the lemons 28:36
because they squeeze better in this 28:38
handy tool that we use 28:41
okay so there now the apples also get 28:43
one cup of sugar 28:46
and we're going to just sprinkle that 28:48
over 28:50
and two teaspoons of cinnamon 28:53
and a little pinch of salt 29:00
and 29:03
a third of a cup of flour 29:04
just all-purpose flour 29:07
now if you use a middle spoon you might 29:10
break up your Apple so I suggest using 29:13
either your hands to toss the fruit or a 29:15
big rubber scraper like this 29:18
and so you're Distributing all those 29:20
lovely ingredients throughout the apples 29:23
[Applause] 29:27
perfect 29:30
ready for the filling so now we have a 29:31
nice crust rolled out to a little less 29:35
than an eighth of an inch thick and then 29:37
to get it into the bottom crust just 29:40
roll it up like this on your PIN 29:42
and having a good rolling pin is 29:45
important to a big enough pin 29:47
so look how nice this looks 29:51
put in the apples 29:54
so these are going to cook down a little 29:57
bit they're going to get 29:58
tender and they will make a most 30:00
Exquisite pie 30:03
Oh and before I forget dot your pie 30:07
filling with a little bit of unsalted 30:10
butter 30:13
okay so here we have our crust for the 30:16
top 30:18
and I think so that we have no chance of 30:20
breakage I'm going to just roll this on 30:22
my rolling pin 30:24
this is a very good method for lifting 30:26
up a delicate crust 30:29
once you form your crust crimp your 30:33
edges we're going to re-chill the pie in 30:37
the refrigerator for about 20 minutes 30:41
you need a pair of scissors 30:43
and I'm just going to cut off the excess 30:46
leave half an inch or so hanging over 30:49
the edge of the dish 30:52
now watch you're going to turn this over 30:56
work fast because the pastry does soften 31:02
up 31:04
that's nice and now if you want to cut a 31:09
few vent holes in the top good idea 31:12
there just little slits like this 31:15
oh and now crimp the edges you can 31:18
there's various ways to crimp you can 31:20
use your 31:22
two these two fingers and your thumb of 31:24
your other hand my mom used a fork 31:27
whatever is your favorite way of making 31:31
a pretty decorative Edge 31:33
okay so now 31:35
from your leftover pastry I'll make a 31:38
couple decorations for the top 31:41
and 31:43
vein the leaves at the back of your 31:44
little paring knife 31:47
chill these 20 minutes we're ready to 31:49
glaze the top of the pie 31:52
so the pie is nicely chilled let's apply 31:54
the branches and leaves using water as 31:57
your glue Water Works remarkably well 32:00
and it 32:02
making sure that the pastry adheres to 32:04
the 32:07
other pastry 32:08
and just put on your leaves 32:09
that looks very nice we're ready to 32:13
glaze the top of the pie we're going to 32:16
use one egg yolk and two tablespoons of 32:19
water and use a soft bristle brush to 32:23
not tear your pastry or to make marks on 32:27
your beautiful pie 32:31
work quickly because you want to get 32:33
this cold pie into a hot oven preheated 32:34
to 32:38
450 degrees for 15 minutes you'll then 32:39
lower that temperature and bake the pie 32:44
until it's done that may take an hour it 32:47
may take an hour and 15 more minutes but 32:50
it's essential that the juices in the 32:53
middle of the pie are bubbling 32:55
so see now I'm just sprinkling 33:00
a light sprinkling of this 33:03
sparkly sugar so get it in the oven and 33:06
set your timer 33:09
now this apple pie took one hour and 35 33:11
minutes to bake the way I can tell the 33:14
apples are done is with a bamboo skewer 33:16
and you can just go into one of the vent 33:18
holes and push down through the pie I 33:20
meet no resistance meaning the apples 33:24
are cooked and the crust itself is 33:26
glistening with that sanding sugar 33:29
the pie looks done a great tomato tart 33:31
with a topping of cheese and feed 33:35
Tomatoes a little bit of thyme and some 33:39
roasted garlic a Savory gorgeous tart 33:41
this is a great crust it's very similar 33:46
to the paprze but I'm adding an egg to 33:48
it a whole egg and a little less water 33:51
so it's two cups of flour all-purpose 33:54
flour teaspoon of sugar 33:57
three quarters of a teaspoon of salt 34:03
and just mix this up we're using a food 34:08
processor again which makes the pastry 34:11
so quickly one stick of unsalted butter 34:14
which is a quarter of a pound and it is 34:18
cold all the ingredients are cold the 34:21
flour the sugar the butter and now cut 34:24
this in 34:28
and now we're going to add one egg 34:34
I'm gonna just mix that egg up before I 34:37
add it into the dry ingredients 34:40
now blend that in 34:46
and add anywhere between two and three 34:51
tablespoons of ice water 34:54
try not to get any Ace 34:57
in your pastry 35:00
now wrap this in plastic wrap this dough 35:05
gets chilled for at least a half an hour 35:09
before you use it 35:11
while my crust for the tomato tart 35:14
chills I am going to prepare the 35:16
tomatoes now you can use sliced tomatoes 35:18
and cheese but we're doing something a 35:22
little bit differently we're going to 35:26
conf feed the tomatoes and so I am 35:27
peeling first and then seeding the 35:30
tomatoes I make a little X in the bottom 35:32
of the Tomato I immerse the Tomato into 35:35
boiling water I have a big bowl of iced 35:37
water right here and it's oh it's like 35:40
30 seconds they stay immersed in the 35:43
boiling water and you just look to see 35:45
when they peel out there that one 35:48
started to peel see that 35:50
now just put that into the cold water 35:52
this is the way you can peel dozens and 35:54
dozens of tomatoes for canning 35:57
there's 36:01
and let this just chill and put them 36:03
into a bowl 36:06
this is the fastest way I've found to 36:08
peel the tomatoes 36:11
and now to seed 36:20
just once you get the Tomato peel off 36:23
see how easily it comes off 36:25
you want to then cut this part of the 36:28
Tomato off 36:32
and there the cavities with all the 36:33
seeds and I just squeeze 36:36
now onto parchment goes the peeled 36:41
tomato and these are already prepared 36:43
now another thing that we want to put 36:47
into this Tart Is roasted garlic an 36:49
effective way to roast garlic is to 36:52
encase it in a little parchment package 36:54
with a little bit of salt 36:57
olive oil 37:00
and just 37:01
make a little package like that the 37:03
garlic will Steam and roast 37:05
that's going to go into the oven at the 37:08
same time as the tomatoes 37:10
and we just want to put a little olive 37:12
oil on each tomato 37:14
sprinkle with salt and pepper 37:16
fresh thyme from the garden and have 37:19
your oven preheated to 275 degrees cook 37:22
these very very slowly when they come 37:25
out they're going to look like this they 37:28
do shrink and they are now the essence 37:32
of tomato that is exactly what you're 37:34
looking for now we're going to roll out 37:37
our pastry to fit this removable bottom 37:40
part pan this black steel I love those 37:43
I've always used those flowerier surface 37:47
very well 37:50
we're going to Blind bake now blind 37:51
baking means that you are going to cook 37:54
basically cook in the oven and empty 37:56
tart shell 37:59
flour your rolling pin 38:00
I want to make sure that you roll it out 38:03
without any cracks 38:05
now spray your pan just very lightly so 38:09
that the 38:12
ultimate tart will come right out of the 38:13
pan and then gently release your pastry 38:16
into the pan that is a nice looking 38:21
crust 38:24
now to reinforce the sides of your tart 38:25
shell fold the dough down making the 38:28
sides a little bit thicker this really 38:32
does help remove the shell when it's 38:35
baked from the pan and it also holds the 38:37
filling in very nicely 38:40
you can very quickly just use your 38:42
rolling pin and go like this 38:44
and take off all the pastry with your 38:49
rolling pin 38:51
so now I'm going to dock with a fork 38:53
this will prevent the crust from 38:56
bubbling up you won't be able to fill it 38:58
if that happens and then line it with a 39:01
piece of parchment paper 39:04
and you fill it with beans or nuts or 39:05
clay weights whatever you have these are 39:08
my lentils that are about 10 years old 39:11
and I use these for all my crust 39:14
and press this down into the shell 39:17
now get this right into a 425 degree 39:21
oven and check it after 10 minutes then 39:24
you remove the lentils and let it brown 39:26
in the oven 39:29
so now here is your roasted garlic look 39:30
how easily it slides out of its casings 39:33
so one head of garlic 39:35
or one and a half heads per tart 39:38
and you spread this with an offset 39:42
spatula all over the bottom so everybody 39:44
will get a little bit of this 39:46
extraordinary flavor 39:49
there okay now 39:51
a little sprinkling of cheese now here 39:53
we're using conch cheese c-o-m-t-e 39:56
it is a semi-hard cheese 40:00
kind of like a gruyere and a little bit 40:04
of thyme 40:08
and we're going to put a little bit in 40:12
the bottom like that 40:14
and now place the tomatoes 40:16
these have cooled 40:20
and you just pick them up with a spatula 40:22
and start squishing them in place 40:25
very tightly 40:28
kind of looks like a beautiful flower 40:31
so for each 11 inch tart you're going to 40:33
need 24 of these oven dried tomatoes 40:36
okay now a little bit more salt 40:41
not too much 40:44
and a little bit more pepper 40:46
not too much 40:49
and more cheese 40:51
and we grated 10 ounces of The Conch 40:55
cheese 40:58
[Music] 40:59
and I'm going to use it all 41:02
and this is going to bake in a 375 41:05
degree oven until the cheese is melted 41:07
and serve hot you know how many gallons 41:11
of maple sap it takes to make one quart 41:14
of maple syrup believe it or not 10 41:17
gallons and that's probably why maple 41:20
syrup is referred to as liquid gold all 41:24
over New England let's begin first with 41:28
the crust for this Pie use a little 41:30
bench flour spread it all over your 41:33
counter and make sure the crust is well 41:36
chilled and I'm constantly lifting and 41:39
flowering underneath you can also flour 41:42
the pin if it gets too soft put it right 41:46
back on a cookie sheet in the freezer 41:48
and just let it harden up a little bit 41:51
before you proceed now to get it into 41:53
here just roll it quickly on the pin 41:56
lightly and quickly and I'm using a 41:59
glass 42:02
pie plate these glass pie plates are 42:03
really handy you should get yourself 42:06
quite a few of them because as you give 42:08
pies away they disappear and I'm 42:11
trimming the edges neatly leaving an 42:14
overhang of about a half an inch and 42:17
this is going to be pre-baked blind 42:19
baked the old baker said so notice I'm 42:22
just rolling this under so that it is 42:24
right on top of the rim and another 42:27
reason for using glass is that when you 42:31
bake it you can look at the bottom and 42:33
see how nicely Brown it is okay so now 42:35
get that right back into the 42:39
refrigerator now the next thing is to 42:41
make many many of these little maple 42:43
leaves and I need lots of these so I'm 42:46
going to roll out another disc get it 42:49
nicely thin 42:52
okay so now start cutting 42:55
if they're not too warm take the back of 42:58
a sharp knife so go like this and you 43:02
just have to do one or two lines just to 43:04
make it look more like a leaf 43:07
when these are done put them right back 43:09
into the refrigerator 43:11
and now we want to apply the leaves to 43:12
the edge of the pie shell we have one 43:15
egg this is the glue 43:18
and you can use a small brush like that 43:21
and you just put an egg wash all the way 43:24
around the edge 43:27
and on the back of each Leaf this will 43:28
really help them adhere 43:32
well to the edge 43:34
does that look gorgeous already now when 43:36
you finish put this right back into the 43:39
refrigerator and chill again a 43:41
beautifully applied Edge and now 43:44
carefully brush your egg wash over all 43:46
those Maple Leaves why do this well it 43:49
gives a very beautiful glistening Brown 43:52
Edge to your Maple pie now make sure 43:55
your oven is preheated to 43:58
375 degrees one more step 44:00
fold this parchment like this 44:04
and like this 44:09
point to Edge 44:11
this will fit in 44:13
let's see but better yet so I fit 44:15
crunch it all up this makes it Go in 44:19
even faster 44:22
see how nice 44:26
this is an assortment of red kidney 44:27
beans Black Eyed Peas you can have 44:30
lentils rice works very well too 44:32
although it's not as heavy as a bean and 44:34
they fill every nook and cranny put this 44:38
in the oven 20 to 25 minutes and bake 44:41
until it is all an even golden brown so 44:44
here's the crust you canned look at the 44:47
bottom 44:50
gorgeously Brown it is ready to be 44:51
filled and the filling has very few 44:54
ingredients one cup of real maple syrup 44:57
bring this to a boil and reduce it till 45:01
it gets a little bit thicker than it is 45:03
in the meantime we need four egg yolks 45:05
and one whole egg save your whites 45:10
they'll beat that up 45:15
Edge 45:17
one half teaspoon of salt a teaspoon of 45:18
the best vanilla 45:23
a quarter of a teaspoon of nutmeg oh 45:25
this is the fragrance the wonderful 45:28
spice 45:31
[Music] 45:34
okay so the eggs are ready and the syrup 45:35
has reduced itself add your heavy cream 45:38
two cups 45:41
and if you were standing here you would 45:44
love the smell it's so fantastic 45:46
bring this back to a simmer and now add 45:50
this very slowly 45:52
whisking at the same time 45:55
to your egg mixture warm those egg yolks 45:57
then put this mixture through a sieve 46:03
now make sure your oven is heated to 300 46:07
degrees so it bakes at a low temperature 46:10
should be just the right amount to come 46:15
up to the maple leaves but not cover the 46:17
edge 46:20
bake it until the custard is just set 46:21
but still a little bit wobbly in the 46:24
center it's going to take about 45 to 60 46:26
minutes 46:28
so here is the finished pie it is cool 46:30
and so now just take out the slice 46:34
comes off very nicely 46:38
that's a very pretty slice of pie 46:41
Indiana sugar cream pie doesn't that 46:44
sound great it's otherwise known as 46:47
Hoosier pie and it comes from the Amish 46:49
and the Shaker communities that settled 46:51
in Indiana in the 1800s made from cream 46:53
and milk and butter the Great Lakes 46:56
region is famous for this Rich custard 46:58
pie is the official pie of Indiana it's 47:01
sometimes called a desperation pie a 47:04
category that refers to pies made when 47:07
fresh fruit wasn't available or money 47:09
was short but milk was plentiful because 47:11
there's lots of cows first make the 47:14
crust now this is a pat Breeze Butter 47:17
Crust and it's been rolled out the edges 47:20
churned under a double edge on the edge 47:24
of the glass pie plate and notice what 47:26
I'm doing I'm trying to make 47:28
an unusual pointed pie crust so what I'm 47:31
doing is making all slanted Cuts going 47:35
one way and then you just do a slanted 47:37
cut this way and those little triangles 47:40
come popping right out and you can do 47:43
this in a matter of a couple minutes 47:45
it's so cute it looks like shark teeth 47:48
even though there are no sharks in 47:51
Indiana 47:53
so see look all done in just a matter of 47:55
minutes 47:58
very cute what we do with those well you 47:59
could probably roll them out and make a 48:02
little jelly tart so here's the crust 48:04
you can now blind bake this and you do 48:07
want it to be cold when you put it into 48:10
your preheated oven 48:13
375 degrees 48:15
lined with parchment 48:18
and your weights 48:22
the store-bought kind of weights or the 48:27
dried Bean kind of ways we always use 48:30
dried beans 48:32
which the first couple times you bake 48:34
your crust with beans they smell like 48:36
beans but after 10 or 15 years of use 48:38
they just become 48:41
objects with no scent whatsoever 48:43
375 degrees bake a form about 25 minutes 48:45
and then carefully remove the weights 48:51
and the parchment and let it continue to 48:53
bake for about 15 minutes more 48:57
now for the filling the custard now see 49:00
we have a crust already baked 49:04
oh by the way if your crust starts the 49:06
little Point starts to darken just put a 49:09
10 inch quiche tart pan ring over the 49:13
points and they won't get too Brown 49:17
half a stick of butter 49:20
we're gonna make a roux first 49:21
and a quarter of a cup of flour 49:24
this is your thickener for the custard 49:28
a roux is basically a cooked mixture of 49:31
fat and flour and it's one of the 49:34
cornerstones of sauce making it's so we 49:36
just really want to cook the flour a 49:40
little bit two minutes or so over medium 49:43
heat we do not want it to darken just to 49:47
get the flowery taste away and then add 49:50
one cup of heavy cream and one cup of 49:53
whole milk 49:57
one cup of sugar and one teaspoon of 49:58
vanilla bring this to a boil and then 50:02
reduce to a simmer and cook for oh 50:05
barely a minute or two until it really 50:08
thickens up 50:10
so now we're going to pour it right into 50:12
our beautifully baked crust be careful 50:15
of the points you don't want to break 50:18
them and you can just pour right through 50:19
your strainer 50:22
if you have your husband or a friend it 50:24
would help right now I want to scrape 50:27
out 50:29
the remaining custard 50:30
but I'll manage 50:33
so beautiful 50:36
and get this right into your preheated 50:39
oven 50:42
until the filling is slightly set 50:43
about 25 minutes remove from the oven 50:47
cool on a rack and don't serve until it 50:50
is completely cool 50:54
so it's three o'clock in the afternoon 50:57
and I'm really desperate for a piece of 50:59
pie I need a pick-me-up what could be 51:01
better than a piece of desperation pie 51:04
where indeed the whole is greater than 51:07
the sum of its parts look how nicely it 51:10
cuts Indiana cream pie Hoosier pie 51:14
desperation pie 51:18
it's so cute 51:20
nut pies and Tarts can often be too 51:23
sweet so to offset that sweetness I 51:25
experimented and I found that adding a 51:27
little grated lemon zest to the filling 51:31
nicely balances out the flavor of the 51:33
sweet pecans 51:35
so roll a half of a pot Breeze recipe 51:37
into a 10 by 13 inch rectangle 51:40
and I always keep a ruler in my kitchen 51:44
drawer just so that I can 51:46
see that I'm pretty accurate so so far 51:50
this is 11 and a half by 51:53
eight and a half a little further to go 51:58
and keep turning your pastry 52:00
if it turns and lifts easily it is a 52:03
well-made potpourise if it's sticky if 52:06
it's tearing it just makes it more 52:10
difficult 52:12
so to get this into there what you do 52:14
roll it up on your PIN carefully very 52:17
don't press down you just want it very 52:21
loose 52:22
and you just lay it right over the pan 52:24
press into the corners 52:34
the sides 52:36
take your rolling pin and just go across 52:40
the edges like that 52:42
the edges fall off and you have a nice 52:44
Square Edge to your tart shell 52:49
this should be chilled well before you 52:53
line it with parchment and pie weights 52:56
and if you follow these directions you 52:59
will have a very excellent 53:02
pie crust you can put this right in the 53:04
freezer 15 minutes is all you need to 53:06
rest the dough and chill it 53:08
and now take a piece of parchment paper 53:11
crumple it all up this makes it much 53:14
easier to place in the bottom of the 53:17
pastry a big sheet unwrinkled will pop 53:20
right out now add your pie weights if 53:23
you hold the pie crust in the bottom of 53:26
the shell so you don't get a pie crust 53:28
that has all kinds of convolutions in it 53:31
which would not be good for a filling 53:33
would not be able to hold the filling so 53:34
this is going to give you a very well 53:36
formed well-shaped rectangular pie crust 53:38
right into a 375 degree oven until the 53:41
edges are golden brown that takes 15 53:45
minutes 53:48
so just to be clear the crust baked at 53:49
375 for 15 minutes the beans and 53:52
parchment were removed and the crust 53:56
continued to bake until it's this 53:58
beautiful golden brown another 15 54:00
minutes let it cool before you proceed 54:03
with the filling if you're doing this 54:05
for a holiday or for a big dinner you 54:07
can make this early in the day and it's 54:10
ready to bake later on beautiful 54:12
beautiful pie crust so now the filling 54:15
four eggs break them up in a bowl 54:18
and add one cup 54:22
of dark brown sugar 54:24
crumble the sugar dries out so quickly 54:28
so crumble one cup with the eggs get all 54:31
lumps broken up 54:34
add one teaspoon of salt 54:37
three tablespoons of melted cooled 54:44
butter 54:47
every Southern cook has a wonderful 54:48
pecan recipe but this is a kind of a 54:51
Northeast version 54:54
and the zest the bright yellow zest of 54:56
one lemon you could use orange zest in 54:58
this and that's very nice too but oh I 55:01
love lemon and pecans 55:04
and add a quarter of a cup of molasses 55:08
the cup has been oiled so the 55:13
these sticky ingredients will slide 55:16
right out and then 55:20
another quarter of a cup of white or 55:22
light corn syrup 55:26
this keeps that filling 55:29
both flavorful and soft enough so that 55:31
you can really enjoy it 55:35
right out 55:37
stir this all in with a whisk 55:40
look at that color isn't that beautiful 55:43
and one teaspoon of vanilla so that's 55:47
the liquid part of the filling 55:51
shake off your whisk 55:56
and stir in 55:59
one and a half cups of pecans that have 56:02
been quite finely chopped you can see 56:04
the texture they are oh maybe less than 56:06
an eighth of an inch chop 56:09
and stir that up 56:13
this gets poured right into your 56:15
pre-baked crust 56:17
and your oven by the way should be 56:19
reduced to 56:21
325 degrees 56:23
so pour this right into your shell 56:25
Distributing the nuts evenly 56:30
and now place your pecans 56:37
in a diagonal design right on top of 56:41
this delectable sugary lemony filling 56:45
and take your time because this takes a 56:48
lot of time but it really is worth it 56:51
now these are the jumbo 56:53
unbroken pecan halves and you do not 56:56
want to use broken ones for this 56:59
particular job 57:02
so just finish this off 57:03
and what's nice is that 57:06
they just seem to fit exactly right 57:09
there 57:12
so this goes into the 325 degree oven 57:13
bake until the pastry is a little bit 57:16
more Brown and the filling is set that's 57:20
going to take 45 minutes then cool and 57:22
serve with freshly whipped cream 57:26
so the pecan tart has cooled and it is 57:29
beautiful 57:32
it looks crunchy and delicious now you 57:33
see it's quite sticky so I'm leaving the 57:37
bottom pan underneath but it will cut 57:39
nicely into squares and on a buffet 57:42
table it is the perfect pecan tart for 57:46
any occasion named after the Austrian 57:49
town of Lins which is the third largest 57:51
city in Austria lindser tort is an 57:54
impressive raspberry jam filled dessert 57:57
richly flavored with almonds and 58:00
hazelnuts and a hint of cinnamon its 58:01
signature lattice pattern top is a cinch 58:04
to make if you have one of these little 58:06
fluted pastry Wheels 58:08
we have to start first with the nuts 58:10
I have already a cup of blanched almonds 58:13
and these are hazelnuts which are also 58:16
known as filberts and if you heat these 58:20
in the oven the skin start to loosen and 58:23
I find the easiest way to rub the skin 58:25
so I'll just put all the nuts between 58:27
two bar Claws and rub 58:29
the roughness of the towel removes most 58:33
of those skins brine the nuts in the 58:36
food processor 58:39
don't grind them too much you don't want 58:43
them to turn into almond hazelnut butter 58:45
frying them into a flower-like substance 58:48
this looks very nice oh they smell so 58:52
good so there's our ground nuts 58:56
we want to sift all the dry ingredients 58:59
together one and a third cups of 59:01
all-purpose flour 59:04
that's a third of a cup and one cup 59:06
three quarters of a teaspoon of cinnamon 59:12
these are quarter teaspoons 59:17
and three quarters of a teaspoon of 59:21
baking powder 59:23
two 59:25
and a quarter of a teaspoon of salt 59:28
and you can add your nuts also to the 59:31
dry ingredients because they're going to 59:33
be added all together 59:35
loosen any out of the nooks and crannies 59:37
of the food processor so here you have a 59:40
nice nutty fragrant dry ingredient 59:42
that's going to go into the rest of the 59:45
dough 59:47
cream one and a half sticks of butter 59:48
with one cup of granulated sugar and 59:51
we're going to add one large egg yolk so 59:55
save the white Reserve that oh and what 59:58
a beautiful yolk that is add that to 00:02
your butter and sugar 00:04
[Applause] 00:06
and then add your dry ingredients tort 00:08
means cake in German there are many 00:11
different kinds of torts sasher tort 00:14
lindser torch 00:17
and the rest of the dry ingredients 00:23
so here's our dough I'm making it into a 00:27
small rectangle and cutting it in half 00:30
evenly half for the bottom of the 00:33
lindser torch and half for the lattice 00:36
top and this should be pressed into the 00:39
bottom of a 10 inch removable bottom 00:42
tart shell so using your fingertips push 00:45
that a little more than halfway up the 00:49
edges of the pan and we don't want all 00:52
these fingerprints so we're going to 00:54
smooth out the bottom 00:57
with 00:59
this nice little measuring cup 01:00
and lindser shorts oh well we they were 01:03
very popular in our house so that's 01:05
pretty very very well done now the next 01:08
is the lattice top and I find that it 01:13
really does work very well if you just 01:16
roll the dough out between two sheets of 01:18
parchment 01:22
so roll the dough out to about 12 inches 01:24
in diameter all even thickness we're 01:27
going to cut strips once 01:30
this dough has chilled 01:33
chilling is important 01:37
to make it easier to handle 01:39
so this gets chilled 01:43
and the 01:45
dough gets chilled see how easy it is to 01:47
move around if you have it on paper very 01:50
very good so chill this in about 30 01:54
minutes until it's firm 01:57
so into the unbaked crust put one and a 02:00
quarter cups of raspberry jam 02:03
very pretty 02:07
to create the lattice topping cut even 02:09
strips 02:12
and there should be 12 strips of equal 02:14
width and these are not woven you can 02:17
just lay them on top of one another 02:20
and I found that the easiest way is to 02:23
lay these 02:26
strips with a spatula like this 02:28
just inside on top of that beautiful Jam 02:31
so beautiful and a little nerve-wracking 02:39
this dough is very short they call it 02:42
short it will break 02:45
because it's brittle and now 02:48
lady 02:51
neck strips in a diagonal on top of the 02:52
first looks very good 02:56
if the dough is really really cold as I 03:02
have it it works absolutely just fine 03:04
put this back into the freezer for 30 03:08
minutes until it is 100 firm and then 03:11
baked in a 350 degree oven rotating your 03:15
Pan about halfway through until the tort 03:19
is golden brown all over that takes 03:21
about 40 minutes 03:23
it's very nice to sprinkle lightly with 03:25
confectioners sugar through a sieve and 03:29
this cake is best eaten the day it's 03:31
baked a little goes a long way this is a 03:33
very very rich 03:37
nut and jam torch 03:39

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says summer like a blueberry pie they
make it extra special I often make mine
with a lattice top which not only allows
you to take a peek at the colorful
filling inside but it also acts as a
vent for steam Escape
it may look complicated this particular
lattice but I'll share my trick for
making it as easy as pie first the
pottery say three and three quarters
cups of all-purpose unbleached flour and
one and a half teaspoons of granulated
sugar and one and a half teaspoons of
salt
so the first thing I do is
mix up my dry ingredients by pulsing
that's called pulsing up and down up and
down and then you can add your
butter three sticks of butter and the
butter has been neatly cut into quarter
inch cubes
this makes it very easy to get the right
texture of pastry by preparing your
butter like this and it's icy icy cold
the golden rule of
hot Breeze is make it cold everything
the flour the butter the ice water and
then pulse
and then you add a half a cup of ice
water and notice how I'm pulsing and
adding the Ice Water sort of on the
outside of the feed tube
there I think we have our pastry
take it off and with this much I'm going
to divide it into three equal discs of
dough you can use your plastic to pull
the pastry together and if it's a warm
day work as quickly as you can do not
let this pastry get warm it will not be
the kind of flaky pie crust that you
want
so there just place them on a baking
sheet and put them in the refrigerator
for at least an hour
so now for the filling which is three
pints of blueberries the zest of one
lemon
and also the Juice of the lemon
foreign
combination of lemon and blueberry is
just spectacular
very good for you
half a cup of sugar only a half a cup
can't complain that it's too sweet three
tablespoons of corn starch
cornstarch will be very helpful in
thickening the
juices that come out of the berries
and
a traditional spice is cinnamon for
blueberry or just a quarter of a
teaspoon though you can stir this up
and a little sprinkling of salt will
also be nice
for the filling
and
two tablespoons of butter just cut the
butter into little pieces and stir this
all together the butter helps enrich the
juices that are being thickened by the
cornstarch it's a whole little method
and this is ready to put into the pie
so now I'm going to roll out one disc of
the pastry to fit the bottom of the nine
inch glass pie plate I think that is a
very nice size for the pie plate if you
have difficulty lifting up your crust
the easiest I find is just to roll it on
the pin like this and unroll it into
your dish
foreign and then don't use your sharp
fingernails if you have them I don't
have them but use the back of your
fingers like this to press this into the
dish
and then what I do is I put this right
back into the fridge and chill it while
I'm rolling out the rest of the topping
and now for the lattice top of the pie
just roll your dough into a square
approximately 11 inches
and we're going to cut this into strips
big pie day you don't have to go to the
gym
get lots of upper body
exercise
and you can transfer this piece onto a
parchment lined baking sheet
and get that into the fridge while you
roll out the Third
so here we have our chilled dough and
you cut this into one inch strips
there
and
save your scraps you might need them for
something else so you'll cut this piece
and your second piece into the one inch
strips
so now you're going to place this on top
of two
you're going to lift to
so this is the beginning of your lattice
then
you're going to go under
it's basically basket weaving
101 and the colder your dough is by the
way the easier it is to weave
so there now get that right back into
the refrigerator chill it then you'll
put it on top of your pie
so now get your gorgeous blueberry
filling into your bottom crust
now brush the edge of the pastry with
egg yolk this is your glue it's going to
let the lattice adhere right to the top
of the pie
now this we've trimmed the edges just
lift this right on top of the entire
blueberry pie and press all the way
around the edges
and then with a pair of scissors just
trim about a quarter of an inch from the
edge of your pie plate
so now take your fingertips and Tuck
this under
just make sure it's really sealed
and then brush with the same
egg yolk to give a beautiful beautiful
golden brown color to the lattice and
I'm also going to sprinkle with sanding
sugar to give an added crunch to this
pie
now your oven should be preheated to 425
degrees
put the pie right in and bake for 20
minutes and then reduce the heat to 375
and continue baking until the filling is
bubbling and the crust is evenly browned
60 to 75 minutes
so this is what the pie looks like when
it comes out of the oven
so here we have another disc of pastry
this is potprize and it is the basis for
our coconut cream pie and this Kai is
filled with a wonderful custard made out
of coconut and coconut milk and it's
topped with whipped cream another one of
my favorites I keep saying that but why
would I be teaching you anything but my
favorites in this show I want you to
know how to make these pies that I have
enjoyed over the years you should know
how to make them also so roll your
pastry notice I am rolling in One
Direction and just lightly letting the
rolling pin come back towards me without
any pressure keep your surface well
floured but not too heavily floured
and just make sure while you're rolling
that you're constantly moving your
pastry so that it is not sticking to the
rolling surface if it sticks you're
going to have a lot of trouble lifting
it up off the surface and you will not
have a good pie crust okay so this looks
pretty much the right size it will
overhang the edges which is what I want
now to lift off the counter if you were
paying attention in the first lesson for
Patrice you have learned this already
but roll on your rolling pin like this
that lifts the whole thing up without
tearing without breaking
and then carefully roll it off the pin
into the dish just like that
it's a foolproof method for getting that
pastry into the dish now your edges are
a little rough trim with your scissors
all the way around
you want a nice big Edge on this one
some people use a knife for this but I
find the scissors really works very well
now roll this under
but see how I'm letting it hang over the
edge a little bit important for this
particular spoon handle fluted Edge
the bottom will be docked a little bit
with a fork
now to do this spoon Edge
flower your handle
and you'll use your finger like this and
your spoon to make
The Edge pretty
many many ways to make
a pie crust
and get this right into the refrigerator
or the freezer to chill again
so now we're going to Blind bake this
crust the crust has been docked with a
fork docking prevents erupting during
baking you want to keep the crust nice
and flat so by making these little tiny
steam holes the pastry stays flat in the
dish now we have to line this with a
piece of paper some people use aluminum
foil I just don't like having the
aluminum on my pastry so I always use a
parchment very much like lining a cake
tin
if you want to make a large round fold
your
square of parchment into
some triangles
and I just
trim it off with my shears and then
crumple this all up like this it looks
kind of silly doesn't it but the more
you crumple your paper the more it will
lie flat in your crust this is better to
have a used piece of parchment paper so
there
it's more malleable this way
and now just lay this
and now fill with pie weights pie
weights can be store-bought you can buy
little aluminum pie weights or you can
use an assortment of dried beans
and they have been used to fill many a
pie crust they weight down the crust
they heat up they're cooking the top of
the crust while the oven is cooking the
underside of the crust and they keep
everything nice and flat and keep the
crust in the dish keeps it from
shrinking down in the dish so this
should go right into a 375 degree oven
bake until the edges of the crust are a
light golden brown that takes about 25
minutes then we remove the beans or the
weights and then bake a little bit more
maybe 10 minutes more until it's all
evenly golden brown and now for the
custard filling so you'll need four egg
yolks separated from their whites now
it's a thickening of cornstarch a
quarter of a cup of corn starch
and a half a cup
of sugar mix these together in your
saucepan because you'll get all the
lumps out of the cornstarch
that's the corn starch
quite flowery
and add one and a quarter cups of whole
milk
and one and a half cups
coconut milk differs from coconut cream
is a much thinner version and you can
make your own if you have a fresh
coconut but you can also buy coconut
milk
into this liquid add a half a teaspoon
of salt
have your egg yolks ready as soon as it
starts to thicken you will temper your
egg yolk and then add them back
it's already getting thick I'm now going
to stir with a wooden spoon so this
custard like others can be baked or
stirred on the stove top a custard like
this requires slow cooking and gentle
heat in order to prevent separation or
curdling and be very very careful it's
like making a creme brulee or a cup
custard
so everything is nicely dissolved it's
time now to temper the egg yolks I'm
going to take a little bit of the
mixture and whisk it into the egg yolks
in a thin stream you don't want to cook
the egg yolks you just want to temper
them bring them as close to the
temperature of this liquid as possible
without cooking them because the egg
yolks in addition to the corn starch act
as the thickeners for the custard
good nicely tempered and now you can
just put this whole thing back into the
pot
and continue cooking over low heat until
the mixture thickens and coats the back
of a wooden spoon
now I'll show you what I meant by
coating the back of a wooden spoon it's
coated and you can draw a line in it and
that line
tasty will stay now three quarters of a
teaspoon of vanilla
and
one cup of the very best shredded
sweetened coconut
stir that in and that is your custard
filling you can just put this into
little custard cups and feed it to the
kids as coconut pudding it's very good
but it will be even better in our
gorgeous crust now I want to show you
why this is such a good crust not only
is it the right color underneath as well
as on top but it also lifts out of the
dish it holds together and yet it is
still tender and crispy so that's a Vine
potpourise recipe so now just pour this
into your pie shell
and that's your coconut cream custard
now take a piece of plastic wrap
lightweight if you can find it and just
place it over the custard and
refrigerate until the custard itself is
totally chilled do not freeze because
freezing and thawing can cause the
filling to separate just not a good idea
so the pie filling has
completely chilled it doesn't move
that's good and now you can dollop on
some softly whipped cream
this is one and a half cups of heavy
cream and two tablespoons of
confectioners sugar whipped in
and it looks good
you could put a little vanilla in your
whipped cream also every last bit should
go on that pie and then you can kind of
swirl it a little bit I like to make
sure I cover the entire custard without
covering the crust of course now these
are old-fashioned deep pies which are
very satisfying to eat very delicious
and as I said in the beginning of the
show Once you master the art of making
the pie crust itself you will feel very
good about making pies on a regular
basis at home
tastes very good
toasted coconut this is fresh coconut or
you can buy coconut flakes like this and
lightly toast them in the oven if you're
going to make your own out of fresh
coconuts take a vegetable peeler and
make Flakes and just Brown those flakes
on a cookie sheet in the oven and they
will Brown nicely I think this looks
really good I'm going to use all of them
but I'm going to
and voila
a very very nice coconut cream pie that
you are going to devour I hope I've been
able to teach you how easy it is to make
some incredible pies now I'm going to
show you how to make cherry tart filled
with that wonderful pastry cream
papers which is my basic pie crust has
no eggs and very little sugar and the
patsu crate has two egg yolks and the
potsukrey extra has an extra egg yolk so
that's what we're making two and a half
cups of all-purpose flour unbleached a
pinch of salt a third of a cup of sugar
and I'm going to just pulse this a
little bit it's the same thing as
sifting it using a food processor is
real it makes this really really easy we
have timed making it by hand and making
it in a food processor and I think it
takes 16 or 18 seconds in a food
processor and it takes a lot longer by
hand maybe the butter is icy cold two
sticks cut up into beautiful cubes
really helps very much in the
cutting in process
I still want to have little tiny bits of
butter visible and then we have three
large egg yolks and a quarter of a cup
of ice water beat this up a little bit
do you use sucre instead of Breeze just
for flavor is the texture it's a little
sturdier and tasty because it's sweet
and pretty it keeps its shape very
nicely
and you can just pour this
now could this be done ahead of time oh
yeah you can keep it refrigerated
overnight don't keep it too much longer
you know how pastry starts to get gray
yeah so but look at the gray color
and put this on a little bit of bench
flour
you have to have enough moisture you
have to make sure it's not too dry if
it's too dry you're going to have a
really hard time rolling it out just
divide this in half because this will
make two nine inch tarts and wrap this
in plastic wrap a nice flat round
so these will go into the fridge
and we have one all ready to roll we
have a nine inch tart shell we want it
to be larger than the pan now how do you
get the dough from here to there
good and watch what you're doing
see I've went in very nicely
and then with the backs of your fingers
you can press into the pan I like to
reinforce the sides and that reinforcing
means doubling down a little bit I push
this down a little bit like that
all the way around now you can get the
excess off press this down like that and
use your rolling pin
to just break it off and that works very
well it gives you a very nice
crust chill this for about 20 minutes
before you bake it so we have our
chilled shell looks good you don't have
to dock it because it's a dense dough
the egg yolks keep it nice and flat
we're going to Blind bake and a piece of
parchment paper looks like I'm getting
ready to throw it away or throw it at
somebody
but just wrinkle that up it makes it
more malleable and it'll fit nicer into
the shell have your oven preheated to
375.
and add your weights these are all kinds
of different beans and lentils split
peas
and they make a very nice
weight so this goes right into the oven
for about 20 minutes remove the weights
and the paper and bake until it's a nice
golden brown
here's our finished tart shell nice
crispy brown crust and it's ready to
fill you have to pit the cherries that's
the time consuming thing to do so best
to try to find a cherry Pitter the best
one I think is this German version and
the pits fall into this container here
but don't you love that this goes like
Fast really great now this you can find
in odd Little Hardware Stores you put
the Cherry right here
and you just push this down and the pit
goes into the jar and the Cherry is
pitted and then there's this one
I just want to show you all these
versions because they're kind of
interesting this one you put the Cherry
here and you push down
and then pit comes out and your cherry
is done so whatever way you choose to do
it three and a half cups of cherries so
cut these in half and add them to your
three and a half cups
and now we're going to whisk the cream
until it's nice and smooth this is
chilled and add a half a cup of heavy
cream whipped this will lighten it
slightly enrich it slightly and add a
little bit of
flavor
and I'm mixing that in
and now put this pastry cream right into
your shell now you could chill this
again if you'd like but I'm going to put
the cherries right on top
we're putting the cherries cut side up
all the way around and the stem end out
or in whichever way but once you start
try to be uniform for the prettiest tart
so here last cherry
and I have Cherry Jam that's been
strained and add a little kishwasher and
then dress your tart once you do this
final little embellishment of the tart
in the refrigerator let it chill before
unmolding cutting and serving
chewy chess tart I like serving this by
itself or with just a little bit of
unsweetened whipped cream
and now for a cookie crust this is made
out of vanilla wafers and you can grind
these up in your food processor
get them very fine
okay so there's your very finely ground
Nilla wafers
add one half teaspoon of salt
and two and a half tablespoons of sugar
and stir in your melted six tablespoons
of butter
so that's your crust so simple
I know your family will love this pie
let me show you how to form this one
so fun to make because it is a no roll
crust
spread it as evenly as you can in the
bottom of a removable bottom nine inch
tart shell this is like a quiche pan
tart shell pan
and with your fingertips just pull up
about a quarter of an inch thick on the
side
you can make this crust in advance
and now to flatten the bottom you can
just use the bottom of your measuring
cup like this and really compress the
crust you're going to chill this before
baking
what a neat and simple crust it goes
into a preheated 325 degree oven for 12
to 15 minutes and now the filling for
the tart three whole eggs and one is
yolk and add a half a teaspoon of the
very best vanilla
to this add your dry ingredients one cup
of granulated sugar
when I tasted this pie I just fell in
love with it you can't eat a lot because
it's very rich but it is very tasty
because really there's not much in it
except sugar
and eggs and uh a half a cup of packed
late brown sugar
pack that in
and now this gets Incorporated and
there's one surprise ingredient which
gives a crunchiness to the filling that
I think is very appealing and that's
cornmeal one tablespoon of fine cornmeal
and add one quarter of a teaspoon
of salt
and one last ingredient
melted butter
one stick eight tablespoons a quarter of
a pound this is what gives the chewiness
to the filling
pour this in
once filled get this into a 325 oven
preheated and bake this for about 35
minutes
this chest tart is done let this cool to
room temperature and then chill it
for an hour or so and we have one that's
already chilled right here and I can put
this on our serving pedestal oh so
pretty watch how easily the ring comes
off
and you can just put this
right on
your decorative serving dish and that is
your chewy chess tart
Mile High apple pie is all about the
apples and the crust flaky and light
encasing a big pile of three different
kinds of apples
in order to learn how to make the best
pot Breeze you should really just follow
the golden rules
make it cold bake it hot and if possible
use a food processor and so it's two and
a half cups of all-purpose flour
one teaspoon of salt
and you can just pulse that so the salt
is evenly distributed
even the salt can be cold
and two sticks of butter and it should
be cold and hard for this process of
cutting the butter into the flour
and we're going to measure
a half a cup of iced water so you want
to pour your water while you pulse on
the outside of your tube
so it looks like it's pretty much done
okay so just wrap this in a flat round
in a piece of plastic wrap and that is
going to roll into one good pie crust
you need two of these
and now we're going to use our first
batch of pot freeze for Mile High apple
pie today we're using different kinds of
apples from Breezy Hill Orchards up in
statsburg New York Jonah gold these big
red tinged apples very tart very nice
these are large with a lot of deep
flavor and we're also adding to the mix
today Granny Smiths we're using five and
a half pounds of apples in this one pie
and we're going to also add to the
apples to keep them from turning brown
the juice of two lemons
I'm cutting off the tips of the lemons
because they squeeze better in this
handy tool that we use
okay so there now the apples also get
one cup of sugar
and we're going to just sprinkle that
over
and two teaspoons of cinnamon
and a little pinch of salt
and
a third of a cup of flour
just all-purpose flour
now if you use a middle spoon you might
break up your Apple so I suggest using
either your hands to toss the fruit or a
big rubber scraper like this
and so you're Distributing all those
lovely ingredients throughout the apples
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perfect
ready for the filling so now we have a
nice crust rolled out to a little less
than an eighth of an inch thick and then
to get it into the bottom crust just
roll it up like this on your PIN
and having a good rolling pin is
important to a big enough pin
so look how nice this looks
put in the apples
so these are going to cook down a little
bit they're going to get
tender and they will make a most
Exquisite pie
Oh and before I forget dot your pie
filling with a little bit of unsalted
butter
okay so here we have our crust for the
top
and I think so that we have no chance of
breakage I'm going to just roll this on
my rolling pin
this is a very good method for lifting
up a delicate crust
once you form your crust crimp your
edges we're going to re-chill the pie in
the refrigerator for about 20 minutes
you need a pair of scissors
and I'm just going to cut off the excess
leave half an inch or so hanging over
the edge of the dish
now watch you're going to turn this over
work fast because the pastry does soften
up
that's nice and now if you want to cut a
few vent holes in the top good idea
there just little slits like this
oh and now crimp the edges you can
there's various ways to crimp you can
use your
two these two fingers and your thumb of
your other hand my mom used a fork
whatever is your favorite way of making
a pretty decorative Edge
okay so now
from your leftover pastry I'll make a
couple decorations for the top
and
vein the leaves at the back of your
little paring knife
chill these 20 minutes we're ready to
glaze the top of the pie
so the pie is nicely chilled let's apply
the branches and leaves using water as
your glue Water Works remarkably well
and it
making sure that the pastry adheres to
the
other pastry
and just put on your leaves
that looks very nice we're ready to
glaze the top of the pie we're going to
use one egg yolk and two tablespoons of
water and use a soft bristle brush to
not tear your pastry or to make marks on
your beautiful pie
work quickly because you want to get
this cold pie into a hot oven preheated
to
450 degrees for 15 minutes you'll then
lower that temperature and bake the pie
until it's done that may take an hour it
may take an hour and 15 more minutes but
it's essential that the juices in the
middle of the pie are bubbling
so see now I'm just sprinkling
a light sprinkling of this
sparkly sugar so get it in the oven and
set your timer
now this apple pie took one hour and 35
minutes to bake the way I can tell the
apples are done is with a bamboo skewer
and you can just go into one of the vent
holes and push down through the pie I
meet no resistance meaning the apples
are cooked and the crust itself is
glistening with that sanding sugar
the pie looks done a great tomato tart
with a topping of cheese and feed
Tomatoes a little bit of thyme and some
roasted garlic a Savory gorgeous tart
this is a great crust it's very similar
to the paprze but I'm adding an egg to
it a whole egg and a little less water
so it's two cups of flour all-purpose
flour teaspoon of sugar
three quarters of a teaspoon of salt
and just mix this up we're using a food
processor again which makes the pastry
so quickly one stick of unsalted butter
which is a quarter of a pound and it is
cold all the ingredients are cold the
flour the sugar the butter and now cut
this in
and now we're going to add one egg
I'm gonna just mix that egg up before I
add it into the dry ingredients
now blend that in
and add anywhere between two and three
tablespoons of ice water
try not to get any Ace
in your pastry
now wrap this in plastic wrap this dough
gets chilled for at least a half an hour
before you use it
while my crust for the tomato tart
chills I am going to prepare the
tomatoes now you can use sliced tomatoes
and cheese but we're doing something a
little bit differently we're going to
conf feed the tomatoes and so I am
peeling first and then seeding the
tomatoes I make a little X in the bottom
of the Tomato I immerse the Tomato into
boiling water I have a big bowl of iced
water right here and it's oh it's like
30 seconds they stay immersed in the
boiling water and you just look to see
when they peel out there that one
started to peel see that
now just put that into the cold water
this is the way you can peel dozens and
dozens of tomatoes for canning
there's
and let this just chill and put them
into a bowl
this is the fastest way I've found to
peel the tomatoes
and now to seed
just once you get the Tomato peel off
see how easily it comes off
you want to then cut this part of the
Tomato off
and there the cavities with all the
seeds and I just squeeze
now onto parchment goes the peeled
tomato and these are already prepared
now another thing that we want to put
into this Tart Is roasted garlic an
effective way to roast garlic is to
encase it in a little parchment package
with a little bit of salt
olive oil
and just
make a little package like that the
garlic will Steam and roast
that's going to go into the oven at the
same time as the tomatoes
and we just want to put a little olive
oil on each tomato
sprinkle with salt and pepper
fresh thyme from the garden and have
your oven preheated to 275 degrees cook
these very very slowly when they come
out they're going to look like this they
do shrink and they are now the essence
of tomato that is exactly what you're
looking for now we're going to roll out
our pastry to fit this removable bottom
part pan this black steel I love those
I've always used those flowerier surface
very well
we're going to Blind bake now blind
baking means that you are going to cook
basically cook in the oven and empty
tart shell
flour your rolling pin
I want to make sure that you roll it out
without any cracks
now spray your pan just very lightly so
that the
ultimate tart will come right out of the
pan and then gently release your pastry
into the pan that is a nice looking
crust
now to reinforce the sides of your tart
shell fold the dough down making the
sides a little bit thicker this really
does help remove the shell when it's
baked from the pan and it also holds the
filling in very nicely
you can very quickly just use your
rolling pin and go like this
and take off all the pastry with your
rolling pin
so now I'm going to dock with a fork
this will prevent the crust from
bubbling up you won't be able to fill it
if that happens and then line it with a
piece of parchment paper
and you fill it with beans or nuts or
clay weights whatever you have these are
my lentils that are about 10 years old
and I use these for all my crust
and press this down into the shell
now get this right into a 425 degree
oven and check it after 10 minutes then
you remove the lentils and let it brown
in the oven
so now here is your roasted garlic look
how easily it slides out of its casings
so one head of garlic
or one and a half heads per tart
and you spread this with an offset
spatula all over the bottom so everybody
will get a little bit of this
extraordinary flavor
there okay now
a little sprinkling of cheese now here
we're using conch cheese c-o-m-t-e
it is a semi-hard cheese
kind of like a gruyere and a little bit
of thyme
and we're going to put a little bit in
the bottom like that
and now place the tomatoes
these have cooled
and you just pick them up with a spatula
and start squishing them in place
very tightly
kind of looks like a beautiful flower
so for each 11 inch tart you're going to
need 24 of these oven dried tomatoes
okay now a little bit more salt
not too much
and a little bit more pepper
not too much
and more cheese
and we grated 10 ounces of The Conch
cheese
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and I'm going to use it all
and this is going to bake in a 375
degree oven until the cheese is melted
and serve hot you know how many gallons
of maple sap it takes to make one quart
of maple syrup believe it or not 10
gallons and that's probably why maple
syrup is referred to as liquid gold all
over New England let's begin first with
the crust for this Pie use a little
bench flour spread it all over your
counter and make sure the crust is well
chilled and I'm constantly lifting and
flowering underneath you can also flour
the pin if it gets too soft put it right
back on a cookie sheet in the freezer
and just let it harden up a little bit
before you proceed now to get it into
here just roll it quickly on the pin
lightly and quickly and I'm using a
glass
pie plate these glass pie plates are
really handy you should get yourself
quite a few of them because as you give
pies away they disappear and I'm
trimming the edges neatly leaving an
overhang of about a half an inch and
this is going to be pre-baked blind
baked the old baker said so notice I'm
just rolling this under so that it is
right on top of the rim and another
reason for using glass is that when you
bake it you can look at the bottom and
see how nicely Brown it is okay so now
get that right back into the
refrigerator now the next thing is to
make many many of these little maple
leaves and I need lots of these so I'm
going to roll out another disc get it
nicely thin
okay so now start cutting
if they're not too warm take the back of
a sharp knife so go like this and you
just have to do one or two lines just to
make it look more like a leaf
when these are done put them right back
into the refrigerator
and now we want to apply the leaves to
the edge of the pie shell we have one
egg this is the glue
and you can use a small brush like that
and you just put an egg wash all the way
around the edge
and on the back of each Leaf this will
really help them adhere
well to the edge
does that look gorgeous already now when
you finish put this right back into the
refrigerator and chill again a
beautifully applied Edge and now
carefully brush your egg wash over all
those Maple Leaves why do this well it
gives a very beautiful glistening Brown
Edge to your Maple pie now make sure
your oven is preheated to
375 degrees one more step
fold this parchment like this
and like this
point to Edge
this will fit in
let's see but better yet so I fit
crunch it all up this makes it Go in
even faster
see how nice
this is an assortment of red kidney
beans Black Eyed Peas you can have
lentils rice works very well too
although it's not as heavy as a bean and
they fill every nook and cranny put this
in the oven 20 to 25 minutes and bake
until it is all an even golden brown so
here's the crust you canned look at the
bottom
gorgeously Brown it is ready to be
filled and the filling has very few
ingredients one cup of real maple syrup
bring this to a boil and reduce it till
it gets a little bit thicker than it is
in the meantime we need four egg yolks
and one whole egg save your whites
they'll beat that up
Edge
one half teaspoon of salt a teaspoon of
the best vanilla
a quarter of a teaspoon of nutmeg oh
this is the fragrance the wonderful
spice
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okay so the eggs are ready and the syrup
has reduced itself add your heavy cream
two cups
and if you were standing here you would
love the smell it's so fantastic
bring this back to a simmer and now add
this very slowly
whisking at the same time
to your egg mixture warm those egg yolks
then put this mixture through a sieve
now make sure your oven is heated to 300
degrees so it bakes at a low temperature
should be just the right amount to come
up to the maple leaves but not cover the
edge
bake it until the custard is just set
but still a little bit wobbly in the
center it's going to take about 45 to 60
minutes
so here is the finished pie it is cool
and so now just take out the slice
comes off very nicely
that's a very pretty slice of pie
Indiana sugar cream pie doesn't that
sound great it's otherwise known as
Hoosier pie and it comes from the Amish
and the Shaker communities that settled
in Indiana in the 1800s made from cream
and milk and butter the Great Lakes
region is famous for this Rich custard
pie is the official pie of Indiana it's
sometimes called a desperation pie a
category that refers to pies made when
fresh fruit wasn't available or money
was short but milk was plentiful because
there's lots of cows first make the
crust now this is a pat Breeze Butter
Crust and it's been rolled out the edges
churned under a double edge on the edge
of the glass pie plate and notice what
I'm doing I'm trying to make
an unusual pointed pie crust so what I'm
doing is making all slanted Cuts going
one way and then you just do a slanted
cut this way and those little triangles
come popping right out and you can do
this in a matter of a couple minutes
it's so cute it looks like shark teeth
even though there are no sharks in
Indiana
so see look all done in just a matter of
minutes
very cute what we do with those well you
could probably roll them out and make a
little jelly tart so here's the crust
you can now blind bake this and you do
want it to be cold when you put it into
your preheated oven
375 degrees
lined with parchment
and your weights
the store-bought kind of weights or the
dried Bean kind of ways we always use
dried beans
which the first couple times you bake
your crust with beans they smell like
beans but after 10 or 15 years of use
they just become
objects with no scent whatsoever
375 degrees bake a form about 25 minutes
and then carefully remove the weights
and the parchment and let it continue to
bake for about 15 minutes more
now for the filling the custard now see
we have a crust already baked
oh by the way if your crust starts the
little Point starts to darken just put a
10 inch quiche tart pan ring over the
points and they won't get too Brown
half a stick of butter
we're gonna make a roux first
and a quarter of a cup of flour
this is your thickener for the custard
a roux is basically a cooked mixture of
fat and flour and it's one of the
cornerstones of sauce making it's so we
just really want to cook the flour a
little bit two minutes or so over medium
heat we do not want it to darken just to
get the flowery taste away and then add
one cup of heavy cream and one cup of
whole milk
one cup of sugar and one teaspoon of
vanilla bring this to a boil and then
reduce to a simmer and cook for oh
barely a minute or two until it really
thickens up
so now we're going to pour it right into
our beautifully baked crust be careful
of the points you don't want to break
them and you can just pour right through
your strainer
if you have your husband or a friend it
would help right now I want to scrape
out
the remaining custard
but I'll manage
so beautiful
and get this right into your preheated
oven
until the filling is slightly set
about 25 minutes remove from the oven
cool on a rack and don't serve until it
is completely cool
so it's three o'clock in the afternoon
and I'm really desperate for a piece of
pie I need a pick-me-up what could be
better than a piece of desperation pie
where indeed the whole is greater than
the sum of its parts look how nicely it
cuts Indiana cream pie Hoosier pie
desperation pie
it's so cute
nut pies and Tarts can often be too
sweet so to offset that sweetness I
experimented and I found that adding a
little grated lemon zest to the filling
nicely balances out the flavor of the
sweet pecans
so roll a half of a pot Breeze recipe
into a 10 by 13 inch rectangle
and I always keep a ruler in my kitchen
drawer just so that I can
see that I'm pretty accurate so so far
this is 11 and a half by
eight and a half a little further to go
and keep turning your pastry
if it turns and lifts easily it is a
well-made potpourise if it's sticky if
it's tearing it just makes it more
difficult
so to get this into there what you do
roll it up on your PIN carefully very
don't press down you just want it very
loose
and you just lay it right over the pan
press into the corners
the sides
take your rolling pin and just go across
the edges like that
the edges fall off and you have a nice
Square Edge to your tart shell
this should be chilled well before you
line it with parchment and pie weights
and if you follow these directions you
will have a very excellent
pie crust you can put this right in the
freezer 15 minutes is all you need to
rest the dough and chill it
and now take a piece of parchment paper
crumple it all up this makes it much
easier to place in the bottom of the
pastry a big sheet unwrinkled will pop
right out now add your pie weights if
you hold the pie crust in the bottom of
the shell so you don't get a pie crust
that has all kinds of convolutions in it
which would not be good for a filling
would not be able to hold the filling so
this is going to give you a very well
formed well-shaped rectangular pie crust
right into a 375 degree oven until the
edges are golden brown that takes 15
minutes
so just to be clear the crust baked at
375 for 15 minutes the beans and
parchment were removed and the crust
continued to bake until it's this
beautiful golden brown another 15
minutes let it cool before you proceed
with the filling if you're doing this
for a holiday or for a big dinner you
can make this early in the day and it's
ready to bake later on beautiful
beautiful pie crust so now the filling
four eggs break them up in a bowl
and add one cup
of dark brown sugar
crumble the sugar dries out so quickly
so crumble one cup with the eggs get all
lumps broken up
add one teaspoon of salt
three tablespoons of melted cooled
butter
every Southern cook has a wonderful
pecan recipe but this is a kind of a
Northeast version
and the zest the bright yellow zest of
one lemon you could use orange zest in
this and that's very nice too but oh I
love lemon and pecans
and add a quarter of a cup of molasses
the cup has been oiled so the
these sticky ingredients will slide
right out and then
another quarter of a cup of white or
light corn syrup
this keeps that filling
both flavorful and soft enough so that
you can really enjoy it
right out
stir this all in with a whisk
look at that color isn't that beautiful
and one teaspoon of vanilla so that's
the liquid part of the filling
shake off your whisk
and stir in
one and a half cups of pecans that have
been quite finely chopped you can see
the texture they are oh maybe less than
an eighth of an inch chop
and stir that up
this gets poured right into your
pre-baked crust
and your oven by the way should be
reduced to
325 degrees
so pour this right into your shell
Distributing the nuts evenly
and now place your pecans
in a diagonal design right on top of
this delectable sugary lemony filling
and take your time because this takes a
lot of time but it really is worth it
now these are the jumbo
unbroken pecan halves and you do not
want to use broken ones for this
particular job
so just finish this off
and what's nice is that
they just seem to fit exactly right
there
so this goes into the 325 degree oven
bake until the pastry is a little bit
more Brown and the filling is set that's
going to take 45 minutes then cool and
serve with freshly whipped cream
so the pecan tart has cooled and it is
beautiful
it looks crunchy and delicious now you
see it's quite sticky so I'm leaving the
bottom pan underneath but it will cut
nicely into squares and on a buffet
table it is the perfect pecan tart for
any occasion named after the Austrian
town of Lins which is the third largest
city in Austria lindser tort is an
impressive raspberry jam filled dessert
richly flavored with almonds and
hazelnuts and a hint of cinnamon its
signature lattice pattern top is a cinch
to make if you have one of these little
fluted pastry Wheels
we have to start first with the nuts
I have already a cup of blanched almonds
and these are hazelnuts which are also
known as filberts and if you heat these
in the oven the skin start to loosen and
I find the easiest way to rub the skin
so I'll just put all the nuts between
two bar Claws and rub
the roughness of the towel removes most
of those skins brine the nuts in the
food processor
don't grind them too much you don't want
them to turn into almond hazelnut butter
frying them into a flower-like substance
this looks very nice oh they smell so
good so there's our ground nuts
we want to sift all the dry ingredients
together one and a third cups of
all-purpose flour
that's a third of a cup and one cup
three quarters of a teaspoon of cinnamon
these are quarter teaspoons
and three quarters of a teaspoon of
baking powder
two
and a quarter of a teaspoon of salt
and you can add your nuts also to the
dry ingredients because they're going to
be added all together
loosen any out of the nooks and crannies
of the food processor so here you have a
nice nutty fragrant dry ingredient
that's going to go into the rest of the
dough
cream one and a half sticks of butter
with one cup of granulated sugar and
we're going to add one large egg yolk so
save the white Reserve that oh and what
a beautiful yolk that is add that to
your butter and sugar
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and then add your dry ingredients tort
means cake in German there are many
different kinds of torts sasher tort
lindser torch
and the rest of the dry ingredients
so here's our dough I'm making it into a
small rectangle and cutting it in half
evenly half for the bottom of the
lindser torch and half for the lattice
top and this should be pressed into the
bottom of a 10 inch removable bottom
tart shell so using your fingertips push
that a little more than halfway up the
edges of the pan and we don't want all
these fingerprints so we're going to
smooth out the bottom
with
this nice little measuring cup
and lindser shorts oh well we they were
very popular in our house so that's
pretty very very well done now the next
is the lattice top and I find that it
really does work very well if you just
roll the dough out between two sheets of
parchment
so roll the dough out to about 12 inches
in diameter all even thickness we're
going to cut strips once
this dough has chilled
chilling is important
to make it easier to handle
so this gets chilled
and the
dough gets chilled see how easy it is to
move around if you have it on paper very
very good so chill this in about 30
minutes until it's firm
so into the unbaked crust put one and a
quarter cups of raspberry jam
very pretty
to create the lattice topping cut even
strips
and there should be 12 strips of equal
width and these are not woven you can
just lay them on top of one another
and I found that the easiest way is to
lay these
strips with a spatula like this
just inside on top of that beautiful Jam
so beautiful and a little nerve-wracking
this dough is very short they call it
short it will break
because it's brittle and now
lady
neck strips in a diagonal on top of the
first looks very good
if the dough is really really cold as I
have it it works absolutely just fine
put this back into the freezer for 30
minutes until it is 100 firm and then
baked in a 350 degree oven rotating your
Pan about halfway through until the tort
is golden brown all over that takes
about 40 minutes
it's very nice to sprinkle lightly with
confectioners sugar through a sieve and
this cake is best eaten the day it's
baked a little goes a long way this is a
very very rich
nut and jam torch

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Vocabulary Meanings

blueberry

/ˈbluːˌbɛri/

B1
  • noun
  • - a small, round, blue fruit

lattice

/ˈlætɪs/

B2
  • noun
  • - a framework of regularly spaced strips

vent

/vɛnt/

A2
  • noun
  • - an opening that allows air to pass through

complication

/ˌkɒmplɪˈkeɪʃən/

B2
  • noun
  • - the state of being difficult to deal with

texture

/ˈtɛkstʃər/

B1
  • noun
  • - the feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface

icy

/ˈaɪsi/

A2
  • adjective
  • - very cold; covered with ice

pulse

/pʌls/

A2
  • verb
  • - to operate something with short, regular bursts

thickening

/ˈθɪkənɪŋ/

B1
  • noun
  • - the process of making something thicker

custard

/ˈkʌstərd/

B1
  • noun
  • - a sweet, creamy dessert

temper

/ˈtɛmpər/

B2
  • verb
  • - to moderate or regulate

flake

/fleɪk/

A2
  • noun
  • - a small, thin piece

flaky

/ˈfleɪki/

B1
  • adjective
  • - breaking easily into small pieces

parchment

/ˈpɑːrmənt/

B2
  • noun
  • - a type of writing material made from animal skin

weave

/wiːv/

B1
  • verb
  • - to interlace threads or strips

adhere

/əˈdɪər/

B2
  • verb
  • - to stick fast to a surface or substance

trim

/trɪm/

A2
  • verb
  • - to cut something to make it neater

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Key Grammar Structures

  • says summer like a blueberry pie they

    ➔ Simile, use of 'like' to draw a comparison.

    ➔ The sentence uses a **simile** to equate the feeling of summer with the enjoyment of a blueberry pie. The word **'like'** is crucial for this comparison.

  • it may look complicated this particular lattice but I'll share my trick for making it as easy as pie

    ➔ Conditional sentence (Type 1) with 'may', use of 'as...as' for comparison.

    ➔ The sentence uses a **conditional** structure ('it may look complicated...but I'll share') to acknowledge a potential difficulty and then offer a solution. The phrase **'as easy as pie'** is an idiom using **'as...as'** for comparison.

  • the golden rule of hot Breeze is make it cold everything

    ➔ Imperative mood, use of 'everything' as a pronoun.

    ➔ This is a **rule** stated in the **imperative mood** – a direct command. **'Everything'** functions as a pronoun, referring to all ingredients and tools.

  • and then pulse and adding the Ice Water sort of on the outside of the feed tube

    ➔ Gerunds ('pulse', 'adding'), use of 'sort of' as a qualifier.

    ➔ The words **'pulse'** and **'adding'** are used as **gerunds**, functioning as verbs within the sentence. **'Sort of'** is an informal qualifier, indicating an approximate or imprecise action.

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