January 24, 2005

Blackberry pie

I am getting the hang of this pie crust thing. This time, I decided to ignore the recipe a little, which recommends freezing the flour and butter before cutting them into each other. That makes sense for a food processor, which heats food up a lot, but I'm cutting using a standing mixer, which doesn't. Also, more importantly, I was very careful about adding the liquid to the dough, so that it would get moist enough, and that the liquid would be thoroughly mixed with the flour.

The result was a dough which was supremely easy to roll out, almost effortless. Stunningly so. The opposite of the pear pie dough. I take back all the bad things I said about pie dough: It was me all the time. I was the one in the wrong. I know this now.

This was also the first time the pie didn't leak into the plate, although it did leak through the vent holes and leave a purple tinge to the rim of the crust. Someday cosmetic perfection will be mine. Or... at least it'll taste good, right?

Anyway, the blackberries were nice, although I'll admit they taste a little odd for January. Not because they were bad, just that blackberries aren't a January food. They were frozen, though, and pretty nice. I sorta wish the filling was a little more gloopy and industrial, instead of liquid and natural. But who can complain? It was pretty tasty.

Posted by chris at January 24, 2005 04:02 PM