says summer like a blueberry pie they
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make it extra special I often make mine
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with a lattice top which not only allows
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you to take a peek at the colorful
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filling inside but it also acts as a
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vent for steam Escape
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it may look complicated this particular
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lattice but I'll share my trick for
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making it as easy as pie first the
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pottery say three and three quarters
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cups of all-purpose unbleached flour and
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one and a half teaspoons of granulated
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sugar and one and a half teaspoons of
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so the first thing I do is
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mix up my dry ingredients by pulsing
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that's called pulsing up and down up and
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down and then you can add your
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butter three sticks of butter and the
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butter has been neatly cut into quarter
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this makes it very easy to get the right
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texture of pastry by preparing your
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butter like this and it's icy icy cold
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hot Breeze is make it cold everything
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the flour the butter the ice water and
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and then you add a half a cup of ice
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water and notice how I'm pulsing and
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adding the Ice Water sort of on the
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outside of the feed tube
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there I think we have our pastry
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take it off and with this much I'm going
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to divide it into three equal discs of
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dough you can use your plastic to pull
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the pastry together and if it's a warm
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day work as quickly as you can do not
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let this pastry get warm it will not be
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the kind of flaky pie crust that you
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so there just place them on a baking
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sheet and put them in the refrigerator
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for at least an hour
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so now for the filling which is three
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pints of blueberries the zest of one
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and also the Juice of the lemon
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combination of lemon and blueberry is
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half a cup of sugar only a half a cup
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can't complain that it's too sweet three
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tablespoons of corn starch
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cornstarch will be very helpful in
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juices that come out of the berries
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a traditional spice is cinnamon for
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blueberry or just a quarter of a
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teaspoon though you can stir this up
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and a little sprinkling of salt will
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two tablespoons of butter just cut the
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butter into little pieces and stir this
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all together the butter helps enrich the
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juices that are being thickened by the
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cornstarch it's a whole little method
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and this is ready to put into the pie
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so now I'm going to roll out one disc of
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the pastry to fit the bottom of the nine
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inch glass pie plate I think that is a
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very nice size for the pie plate if you
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have difficulty lifting up your crust
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the easiest I find is just to roll it on
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the pin like this and unroll it into
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foreign and then don't use your sharp
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fingernails if you have them I don't
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have them but use the back of your
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fingers like this to press this into the
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and then what I do is I put this right
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back into the fridge and chill it while
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I'm rolling out the rest of the topping
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and now for the lattice top of the pie
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just roll your dough into a square
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approximately 11 inches
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and we're going to cut this into strips
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big pie day you don't have to go to the
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get lots of upper body
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and you can transfer this piece onto a
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parchment lined baking sheet
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and get that into the fridge while you
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so here we have our chilled dough and
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you cut this into one inch strips
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save your scraps you might need them for
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something else so you'll cut this piece
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and your second piece into the one inch
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so now you're going to place this on top
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you're going to lift to
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so this is the beginning of your lattice
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you're going to go under
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it's basically basket weaving
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101 and the colder your dough is by the
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way the easier it is to weave
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so there now get that right back into
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the refrigerator chill it then you'll
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put it on top of your pie
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so now get your gorgeous blueberry
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filling into your bottom crust
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now brush the edge of the pastry with
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egg yolk this is your glue it's going to
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let the lattice adhere right to the top
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now this we've trimmed the edges just
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lift this right on top of the entire
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blueberry pie and press all the way
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and then with a pair of scissors just
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trim about a quarter of an inch from the
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edge of your pie plate
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so now take your fingertips and Tuck
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just make sure it's really sealed
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and then brush with the same
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egg yolk to give a beautiful beautiful
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golden brown color to the lattice and
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I'm also going to sprinkle with sanding
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sugar to give an added crunch to this
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now your oven should be preheated to 425
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put the pie right in and bake for 20
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minutes and then reduce the heat to 375
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and continue baking until the filling is
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bubbling and the crust is evenly browned
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so this is what the pie looks like when
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it comes out of the oven
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so here we have another disc of pastry
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this is potprize and it is the basis for
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our coconut cream pie and this Kai is
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filled with a wonderful custard made out
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of coconut and coconut milk and it's
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topped with whipped cream another one of
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my favorites I keep saying that but why
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would I be teaching you anything but my
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favorites in this show I want you to
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know how to make these pies that I have
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enjoyed over the years you should know
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how to make them also so roll your
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pastry notice I am rolling in One
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Direction and just lightly letting the
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rolling pin come back towards me without
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any pressure keep your surface well
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floured but not too heavily floured
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and just make sure while you're rolling
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that you're constantly moving your
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pastry so that it is not sticking to the
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rolling surface if it sticks you're
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going to have a lot of trouble lifting
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it up off the surface and you will not
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have a good pie crust okay so this looks
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pretty much the right size it will
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overhang the edges which is what I want
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now to lift off the counter if you were
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paying attention in the first lesson for
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Patrice you have learned this already
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but roll on your rolling pin like this
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that lifts the whole thing up without
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tearing without breaking
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and then carefully roll it off the pin
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into the dish just like that
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it's a foolproof method for getting that
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pastry into the dish now your edges are
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a little rough trim with your scissors
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you want a nice big Edge on this one
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some people use a knife for this but I
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find the scissors really works very well
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now roll this under
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but see how I'm letting it hang over the
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edge a little bit important for this
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particular spoon handle fluted Edge
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the bottom will be docked a little bit
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now to do this spoon Edge
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and you'll use your finger like this and
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many many ways to make
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and get this right into the refrigerator
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or the freezer to chill again
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so now we're going to Blind bake this
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crust the crust has been docked with a
09:44
fork docking prevents erupting during
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baking you want to keep the crust nice
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and flat so by making these little tiny
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steam holes the pastry stays flat in the
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dish now we have to line this with a
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piece of paper some people use aluminum
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foil I just don't like having the
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aluminum on my pastry so I always use a
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parchment very much like lining a cake
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if you want to make a large round fold
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square of parchment into
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trim it off with my shears and then
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crumple this all up like this it looks
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kind of silly doesn't it but the more
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you crumple your paper the more it will
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lie flat in your crust this is better to
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have a used piece of parchment paper so
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it's more malleable this way
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and now just lay this
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and now fill with pie weights pie
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weights can be store-bought you can buy
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little aluminum pie weights or you can
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use an assortment of dried beans
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and they have been used to fill many a
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pie crust they weight down the crust
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they heat up they're cooking the top of
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the crust while the oven is cooking the
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underside of the crust and they keep
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everything nice and flat and keep the
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crust in the dish keeps it from
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shrinking down in the dish so this
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should go right into a 375 degree oven
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bake until the edges of the crust are a
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light golden brown that takes about 25
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minutes then we remove the beans or the
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weights and then bake a little bit more
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maybe 10 minutes more until it's all
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evenly golden brown and now for the
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custard filling so you'll need four egg
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yolks separated from their whites now
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it's a thickening of cornstarch a
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quarter of a cup of corn starch
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of sugar mix these together in your
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saucepan because you'll get all the
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lumps out of the cornstarch
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that's the corn starch
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and add one and a quarter cups of whole
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and one and a half cups
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coconut milk differs from coconut cream
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is a much thinner version and you can
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make your own if you have a fresh
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coconut but you can also buy coconut
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into this liquid add a half a teaspoon
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have your egg yolks ready as soon as it
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starts to thicken you will temper your
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egg yolk and then add them back
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it's already getting thick I'm now going
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to stir with a wooden spoon so this
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custard like others can be baked or
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stirred on the stove top a custard like
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this requires slow cooking and gentle
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heat in order to prevent separation or
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curdling and be very very careful it's
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like making a creme brulee or a cup
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so everything is nicely dissolved it's
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time now to temper the egg yolks I'm
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going to take a little bit of the
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mixture and whisk it into the egg yolks
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in a thin stream you don't want to cook
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the egg yolks you just want to temper
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them bring them as close to the
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temperature of this liquid as possible
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without cooking them because the egg
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yolks in addition to the corn starch act
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as the thickeners for the custard
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good nicely tempered and now you can
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just put this whole thing back into the
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and continue cooking over low heat until
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the mixture thickens and coats the back
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now I'll show you what I meant by
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coating the back of a wooden spoon it's
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coated and you can draw a line in it and
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tasty will stay now three quarters of a
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teaspoon of vanilla
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one cup of the very best shredded
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stir that in and that is your custard
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filling you can just put this into
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little custard cups and feed it to the
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kids as coconut pudding it's very good
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but it will be even better in our
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gorgeous crust now I want to show you
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why this is such a good crust not only
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is it the right color underneath as well
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as on top but it also lifts out of the
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dish it holds together and yet it is
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still tender and crispy so that's a Vine
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potpourise recipe so now just pour this
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into your pie shell
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and that's your coconut cream custard
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now take a piece of plastic wrap
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lightweight if you can find it and just
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place it over the custard and
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refrigerate until the custard itself is
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totally chilled do not freeze because
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freezing and thawing can cause the
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filling to separate just not a good idea
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so the pie filling has
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completely chilled it doesn't move
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that's good and now you can dollop on
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some softly whipped cream
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this is one and a half cups of heavy
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cream and two tablespoons of
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confectioners sugar whipped in
15:37
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
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swirl it a little bit I like to make
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sure I cover the entire custard without
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covering the crust of course now these
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are old-fashioned deep pies which are
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very satisfying to eat very delicious
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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
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good about making pies on a regular
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toasted coconut this is fresh coconut or
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you can buy coconut flakes like this and
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lightly toast them in the oven if you're
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going to make your own out of fresh
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coconuts take a vegetable peeler and
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make Flakes and just Brown those flakes
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on a cookie sheet in the oven and they
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will Brown nicely I think this looks
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really good I'm going to use all of them
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a very very nice coconut cream pie that
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you are going to devour I hope I've been
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able to teach you how easy it is to make
16:58
some incredible pies now I'm going to
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show you how to make cherry tart filled
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with that wonderful pastry cream
17:05
papers which is my basic pie crust has
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no eggs and very little sugar and the
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patsu crate has two egg yolks and the
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potsukrey extra has an extra egg yolk so
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that's what we're making two and a half
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cups of all-purpose flour unbleached a
17:22
pinch of salt a third of a cup of sugar
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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
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
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and you can just pour this
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now could this be done ahead of time oh
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yeah you can keep it refrigerated
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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
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
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divide this in half because this will
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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
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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
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this down a little bit like that
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all the way around now you can get the
19:34
excess off press this down like that and
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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
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
and add your weights these are all kinds
20:18
of different beans and lentils split
20:22
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
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
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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
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
okay so there's your very finely ground
23:13
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
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
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
and with your fingertips just pull up
24:05
about a quarter of an inch thick on the
24:09
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
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
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
and eggs and uh a half a cup of packed
25:12
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
and one last ingredient
25:49
one stick eight tablespoons a quarter of
25:54
a pound this is what gives the chewiness
25:58
once filled get this into a 325 oven
26:04
preheated and bake this for about 35
26:07
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
and you can just put this
26:32
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
in order to learn how to make the best
26:55
pot Breeze you should really just follow
26:57
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
and we're going to just sprinkle that
28:48
and two teaspoons of cinnamon
28:53
and a little pinch of salt
29:00
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
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
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
Oh and before I forget dot your pie
30:07
filling with a little bit of unsalted
30:10
okay so here we have our crust for the
30:16
and I think so that we have no chance of
30:20
breakage I'm going to just roll this on
30:22
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
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
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
from your leftover pastry I'll make a
31:38
couple decorations for the top
31:41
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
making sure that the pastry adheres to
32:04
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
work quickly because you want to get
32:33
this cold pie into a hot oven preheated
32:34
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
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
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
and add anywhere between two and three
34:51
tablespoons of ice water
34:54
try not to get any Ace
34:57
now wrap this in plastic wrap this dough
35:05
gets chilled for at least a half an hour
35:09
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
and let this just chill and put them
36:03
this is the fastest way I've found to
36:08
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
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
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
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
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
flour your rolling pin
38:00
I want to make sure that you roll it out
38:03
now spray your pan just very lightly so
38:09
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
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
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
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
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
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
and you just pick them up with a spatula
40:22
and start squishing them in place
40:25
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
and a little bit more pepper
40:46
and we grated 10 ounces of The Conch
40:55
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
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
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
and on the back of each Leaf this will
43:28
really help them adhere
43:32
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
let's see but better yet so I fit
44:15
crunch it all up this makes it Go in
44:19
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
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
one half teaspoon of salt a teaspoon of
45:18
a quarter of a teaspoon of nutmeg oh
45:25
this is the fragrance the wonderful
45:28
okay so the eggs are ready and the syrup
45:35
has reduced itself add your heavy cream
45:38
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
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
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
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
so see look all done in just a matter of
47:55
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
lined with parchment
48:18
the store-bought kind of weights or the
48:27
dried Bean kind of ways we always use
48:30
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
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
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
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
if you have your husband or a friend it
50:24
would help right now I want to scrape
50:27
the remaining custard
50:30
and get this right into your preheated
50:39
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
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
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
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
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
and you just lay it right over the pan
52:24
press into the corners
52:34
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
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
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
add one teaspoon of salt
54:37
three tablespoons of melted cooled
54:44
every Southern cook has a wonderful
54:48
pecan recipe but this is a kind of a
54:51
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
another quarter of a cup of white or
55:22
this keeps that filling
55:29
both flavorful and soft enough so that
55:31
you can really enjoy it
55:35
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
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
this gets poured right into your
56:15
and your oven by the way should be
56:19
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
so just finish this off
57:03
and what's nice is that
57:06
they just seem to fit exactly right
57:09
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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bottom of a 10 inch removable bottom
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tart shell so using your fingertips push
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that a little more than halfway up the
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edges of the pan and we don't want all
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these fingerprints so we're going to
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smooth out the bottom
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this nice little measuring cup
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and lindser shorts oh well we they were
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very popular in our house so that's
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pretty very very well done now the next
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is the lattice top and I find that it
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really does work very well if you just
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roll the dough out between two sheets of
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so roll the dough out to about 12 inches
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in diameter all even thickness we're
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going to cut strips once
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this dough has chilled
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chilling is important
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to make it easier to handle
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so this gets chilled
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dough gets chilled see how easy it is to
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move around if you have it on paper very
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very good so chill this in about 30
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minutes until it's firm
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so into the unbaked crust put one and a
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quarter cups of raspberry jam
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to create the lattice topping cut even
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and there should be 12 strips of equal
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width and these are not woven you can
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just lay them on top of one another
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and I found that the easiest way is to
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strips with a spatula like this
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just inside on top of that beautiful Jam
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so beautiful and a little nerve-wracking
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this dough is very short they call it
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short it will break
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because it's brittle and now
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neck strips in a diagonal on top of the
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first looks very good
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if the dough is really really cold as I
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have it it works absolutely just fine
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put this back into the freezer for 30
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minutes until it is 100 firm and then
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baked in a 350 degree oven rotating your
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Pan about halfway through until the tort
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is golden brown all over that takes
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it's very nice to sprinkle lightly with
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confectioners sugar through a sieve and
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this cake is best eaten the day it's
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baked a little goes a long way this is a
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