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The Great American Pie Tour
As Easy as Eating Pie
As presented in Grafton's Valley Messenger. Read Latest Edition
Beginning 16 Feb 2022 at Cold Brew Café
53 Armidale St.,
(Armidale St. and Cambridge
St.) South Grafton, NSW.
Recently, one of our regular customers told us he longs to drive across the United States, stop at diners along the road and just eat pie.
Oh boy, what a gre at trip that would be! But, we thought, why go all the way to the States when we could do that right here in South Grafton!
Our friend of Cold Brew Café has inspired us to present, The 'Great American Pie Tour : As Easy as Eating Pie'! With all the great pies beloved of America, (cherry, chocolate, chess, peach, peanut butter, buttermilk, sour-cream raisin, pecan, and pumpkin just to name a few) where to begin?
According to the American Pie Council (APC) (yes there is a whole council just for pie in the States), Americans consume $700 million USD of pie (close to 1 billion AUD) each year. That does not include all the millions and millions of pies people made and consumed at home.
Ninety percent of Americans agree that a slice of pie represents the simple pleasures in life.
The first mention of a fruit pie in print is from Robert Green's Arcadia (1590): "thy breath is like the steeme of apple-pyes."
Eureka! To begin our 'Great American Pie Tour', Cold Brew Café presents America's favourite pie, the pie that is 'as American as Apple Pie', Apple Pie!
Come join us for a cuppa and a piece of pie! Ask for ice cream! If you're really bold you'll ask for a slice of cheese melted on top! That's a thing! It really is.
Stay tuned with VALLEY MESSENGER and Cold Brew Café FaceBook Page for updates! Every two weeks we will feature a different beloved American Pie.
Colleen "Matty" Schaefer is Partner and baker at Cold Brew Cafe, 53 Armidale St., South Grafton, NSW 2460 The American Pie Council has a wonderful website about pie in USA. You might even find out your "Pie Personality" by visiting Pie Fun Facts
Apple Pie Filling
Ingredients:
6-8 Apples (we used 4 Gala, 2 Grannie Smith)
½ lemon, juiced
1 C white sugar
3 T corn flour
½ tsp cinnamon
⅛-¼ tsp nutmeg (use whole nutmeg only, and a microplane. Grate onto parchment and measure)**
Pinch of salt
2 T Butter
Method
Peal and core apples and place in a large bowl Add lemon juice, sugar corn flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Mix and let sit for at least 3 hours no more than 12. We found over night made the perfect apple to juice ratio. The apples will give off a lot of juice.
The Crust:
Martha Stewart’s Pate Brisee
Ingredients:
340g all-purpose flour
1 ½ t Salt
1 t Sugar
227 g Butter (1 US Cup) Frozen
½ C Ice Cold Water
Method:
1. In the bowl of a food processor, combine flour, salt, and sugar. Add butter, and process until the mixture resembles coarse meal, 8 to 10 seconds.
2. With machine running, add ice water. Martha suggests in a steady stream but I just dump it all in and pulse. Do not finish dough in food processor. Pour out finish lightly mixing and divide into 2 disks wrapped in cellophane. Chill in refrigerator for a minimum of 1 hour
Assemble
Roll out dough and place in pie pan ceramic or pyrex. Add apples first then pour in the remaining juice.
Dot with butter
Roll out other disk of dough and place on top. Cut off extra dough.
Fold over to inside of pan and crimp edges.
Cut vents.
Our choice for Pate Brisee being very buttery, doesn’t require brushing an egg wash before baking.
Bake in preheated 190° oven for 1 hour.
**Please throw away that old, old nutmeg in your spice cabinet. Once you’ve had freshly grated nutmeg you won’t go back!
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