Celebrating two peachy DC babies—Hugo and Maeve—with a DC-themed peach pie! (Baked by Liz, of course, with peaches that we picked this summer and that Joyce canned for us).
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If there’s a tastier summer dessert than strawberry rhubarb pie, I’ve never encountered it!
Try this recipe for Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie with Ginger Crumb Topping, before strawberry season finishes wherever you are!
Here’s the details, from Leite’s Culinaria!
Active time: 30 minutes | Total time: 3 hours (includes chilling)
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie with Ginger Crumb Topping Recipe
Ingredients
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- For the crust
- 1 cup (4 1/2 ounces) all-purpose flour, plus more for the surface
- 7 tablespoons (3 1/2 ounces) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons ice-cold water, more as needed
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cider vinegar
- For the filling
- 2 1/2 cups (4 to 5 large stalks) rhubarb, sliced on the diagonal 1/4-inch thick
- 2 1/2 cups hulled and halved strawberries (if the berries are quite large, quarter them)
- 2/3 cup packed light or dark brown sugar
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- For the crumb topping
- 2/3 cup (3 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 5 tablespoons (2 1/2 ounces) unsalted butter, cold, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons packed dark or light brown sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
- Make the crust
- 1. Place the flour, butter, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer and place in the freezer for 20 minutes.
- 2. Fit the stand mixer with the paddle attachment and mix the chilled ingredients on low speed until the mixture resembles coarse meal, about 2 minutes. Combine the ice water and vinegar in a small measuring cup. With the mixer running, slowly add the vinegar mixture to the flour mixture, adding just enough for the mixture to come together into shaggy clumps. (If you’ve added all the liquid and the dough is still not holding together, add enough cold water, 1 teaspoon at a time, until it does cling together.) Be careful not to overmix the dough, or it will become tough.
- 3. Turn the dough out onto a large piece of plastic wrap, shape it into a 5-inch disk, and wrap it in plastic. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to a few days. (If the dough has been in the fridge overnight or longer, let it come to room temperature for 30 minutes prior to rolling, as it needs to have a bit of give. If it has been refrigerated for only a couple of hours, you can roll it out immediately.)
- 4. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a 12 1/2-inch circle about 1/8 inch thick. Transfer it to a 9-inch pie dish, preferably deep-dish, by either folding the dough into quarters and unfolding it in the dish or rolling the dough around a rolling pin and unrolling it into the dish. Tuck the excess dough under the edges to create a double thickness and a smooth edge. Then pinch the dough every 2-inches to form a decorative border. Refrigerate while you prepare the filling and crumb topping.
- Make the filling
- 5. Preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C) and position a rack in the center of the oven.
- 6. In a medium bowl, combine the rhubarb, strawberries, sugar, flour, and cinnamon and toss gently but thoroughly to combine.
- Make the crumb topping
- 7. In another medium bowl, combine the flour, butter, sugars, ginger, and salt. Using a pastry blender or two table knives, cut the mixture until the biggest pieces of butter are something like the size of small peas. The crumb topping will still seem very dry and floury looking. That’s okay.
- Assemble the pie
- 8. Spoon the filling into the pie crust, then top with the crumb mixture. Place the pie on a large rimmed baking sheet lined with aluminum foil or parchment paper and bake until the crust is dark golden brown, the filling is bubbling, and some juices are spilling over the edge, about 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let the pie cool completely on a wire rack, if you can stand the wait, before slicing and serving.
Get more deliciousness at Strawberry Rhubarb Pie with Ginger Crumb Topping Recipe | Leite’s Culinaria
Liz made cherry pie for Pi Day dessert!
(let’s hope she doesn’t have anything planned for the Ides of March!)
Taking Pi Day to the next level:
Apple Pi (via laughing squid)
For Pi Day, Shannon at a periodic table has created the apple Pi, a wonderfully clever apple pie where the fruit and crust adornments are cut into numbers. (via )
The world’s tastiest pie chart.
(Via Alexis — if anyone knows where this originally came from, let me know, and I’ll credit appropriately)
This dessert defines “too much of a good thing.” Or at least it shows that things that are good separately aren’t necessarily good together!
Wow!
The massive pumpple cake has apple and pumpkin pies baked into vanilla and chocolate cake, respectively. One slice is 1,800 calories and can feed four people.
(via MSNBC)
How to make perfect pumpkin pie | Life and style | The Guardian
The British have never really got pumpkin pie, although cookbook writers have been trying hard to make us like it for over 300 years – long before the first recipe appeared in Cucubita pepo’s native America. Jill Dupleix quotes a 1932 letter to the Times in which a gentleman marvels at the prodigious growth of the pumpkin in his garden – but adds doubtfully, “Whether it is a food worth eating remains to be seen.”
The idea of having something so vegetal for pudding freaks us Brits out slightly, as anyone who’s ever baked a courgette cake for the bring and buy sale will no doubt attest – even carrot cake took a while to catch on this side of the Atlantic. This makes pumpkin pie perfect for Halloweenparties, but I reckon, with a little love and attention, this Thanksgiving classic could be a genuine seasonal hit: autumnal, colourful, and packed with the sweet spices long beloved of British cooks, it’s really nothing to be scared of.
(via placesthatpull)
While I love pumpkin pie, I’m posting this link mostly for the photo!
