A better Pumpkin Pie
Nov. 14th, 2008 08:48 amI'll admit it. I'm not a pie person.
I'll wait for the shocked gasping to stop. Cooked fruit...not so much. I'd prefer it laying over meat or poultry of some kind. And mousse, custardy, flan-like textures...mmmm, not really. I can forgive it if it's chocolately or gingery and there is no hint of egg...but it's a battle. Whipped Cream, which is often half the point of a pie, I don't like either. So, really, there's not a lot of joy in pie-ville.
A tart, on the other hand, that's cool. The proportion of crust to fruit/goo is much better proportioned.
If you're thinking that's a pretty fine line...it is. ( And I'm okay with that. )
I'll wait for the shocked gasping to stop. Cooked fruit...not so much. I'd prefer it laying over meat or poultry of some kind. And mousse, custardy, flan-like textures...mmmm, not really. I can forgive it if it's chocolately or gingery and there is no hint of egg...but it's a battle. Whipped Cream, which is often half the point of a pie, I don't like either. So, really, there's not a lot of joy in pie-ville.
A tart, on the other hand, that's cool. The proportion of crust to fruit/goo is much better proportioned.
If you're thinking that's a pretty fine line...it is. ( And I'm okay with that. )