it's pie day (π or 3.14 day)! last year was a yummy butterscotch pie. this year, i turned to my stack of cheap cookbooks and...my eyes fell on...paula deen's The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook. it was a gift, okay? the giver meant well and i accepted it with grace. so...i figured that pie was probably something she does pretty well, and being a gift it counts as a cheap cookbook, so i looked through it and found this praline pumpkin pie. it looked pretty good, so i did it--with modifications. the first modification was the crust. the recipe calls for a crust but it doesn't necessarily say it has to be her recipe. i made a crust from mark bittman's How To Cook Everything. he has 10-inch single-crust recipe that i like because i don't have to roll it out in a perfect circle. love that. it also tastes good. the real modification i made is really more of a subtraction--her recipe calls for meringue on top and i don't care much for meringue. i topped mine with a little whipped cream, instead. the verdict? i'll hand it to her--she makes a pretty good pie. you press a mixture of brown sugar, chopped pecans, and softened butter against the bottom of the crust and then pour the pumpkin custard (with a nice splash of dark rum in it. yay, paula!) on top & bake. all in all, a successful pie day!
3 comments:
sounds wonderful; but, aren't you the one who asked me once, why would i ever want to make a homemade crust when the pillsbury refrigerated crust was just as good ??? Yes, it was you.
You've come along way, baby. :o)
don't get smart with me!
i guess the more accurate saying would've been "...when the pillsbury refrigerated crust was just as good as any that i've ever tried to make to this point in my life."
hmph.
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