Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Stick it in this one!

kinds of awesome pie:

Concord Grape: you will impress your friends, get another date, maybe get laid. this pie is that good.



     The concord grape pie is the shit! It takes a bit longer to make then most pies....but it is fucking worth it. The process is as follows: shuck each grape. one by one you squeeze the grapes. put the skins in one bowl and the gooey eye-bally stuff in a pot that will go on the stove. One pie uses 4 cups of grapes. This process seems daunting but as you can see below I made myself a strong cup of coffee, and the job went by quick. I forget what I was listening too at the time. Alright, so, when you are all done put the pot on the stove top and simmer for 5-7 min. This will allow the seeds to loosen from the goo. You will then pour the gooey grape matter threw a colander and with a rubber spatula work the goo threw.Yeah I said that.
    Now you add the skins back to the unseeded goo. and whisk in 2 tablespoons cornstarch, sugar (this is up to you how much you want to put in) I did some maple syrup and some sugar. and depending how sweet your grapes are??? just taste it. that is the only way to tell. you can add a pinch of nutmeg or cinnamon. I like to put nutmeg in the crust instead of in the fruit.

                                                                                              







    now....any other fruit pie you want to make is basically the same deal, without the cooking, and shucking.
     pick/skin/cut your fruit. place into a bowl and add any kind of sugar you want.
      if the fruit is all runny and shit then add 1 to 2 tablespoons of cornstarch. This will make the fruit filling gel after it cools. 

    with apple and pear filling add cinnamon. 
    with cherry add a tiny pinch of nutmeg. 


    biggest pie boner you can pull: cutting into your pie before it FULLY cools.  we call this impatient pie at my house.

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