Making a batch of savory bacon, apple and cheddar hand pies and carving pumpkins with friends, in partnership with Mirassou Winery. Jump to recipe. [Read more…]
rye crust heirloom apple slab pie with bay leaf
A rye crust apple slab pie recipe with nutmeg, lemon, and bay leaf surrounded by a flaky rye lattice crust. Jump to recipe. [Read more…]
asian pear and apple pie with leafy crust
Change up the classic apple pie with this asian pear and apple pie recipe made with freshly grated nutmeg and bay leaf butter. Jump to recipe. [Read more…]
roasted apple butter + apple crisp ice cream
At the McCarren Park Greenmarket a few years ago, I overheard a woman getting an earful over the phone for suggesting a purchase of non-organic apple cider for a child’s party. She tried to speak up for the local orchard selling cider right there in the market, but this was in the middle of the great apple juice arsenic scare of 2011 and so she lost that battle.
Which is too bad, because the orchard in question was a low-spray orchard that takes a thoughtful approach to integrated pest management. Whatever organic juice the woman bought instead was likely trucked from the other side of the country or even farther away, which has an environmental impact just like pesticides do. And though it may have been organic, it still may not have been as responsibly grown as the cider she was forced to pass up. [Read more…]
brown butter apple tart with cornmeal crust
We’re in the midst of a quiet weekend, and on this lazy Saturday, a simple, lemony apple tart felt right. This one has a rustic cornmeal-flecked crust and apples tossed with brown butter and lemon zest. [Read more…]