Things start to get quiet right about now in NaNoPIEMo every year. Everyone’s thinking about the traffice they have to sit in later this week, and if Uncle Bob is going to make embarrassing remarks at the dinner table, and if you should pack only sweatpants or will you need one nice thing to wear to be respectable. But you may need to bring a pie with you to that dinner, and won’t it be more relaxing if someone else makes that pie for you. I know just the person.
Today’s pie may not sound traditional, JUMBLE BERRY PIE, but it has strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries AND cranberries. I almost tried to add gooseberries but thought that might be going too far. All those berries will be nicely packed inside an all-butter lattice pastry. You can freeze this baby and take it with you on the road, or eat it up tonight. Emotional eating is a good thing, IMHO.
I’ll start the bidding at $85. Place your bids in the comments of this blog.
I almost wasn’t able to make a pie today. I wanted to take my mother-in-law to lunch because she’s just moved down here into an assisted living place. I teach morning and late afternoon, so fitting lunch in there and a pie would be impossible. If I do go AWOL, that’s what I’m up to. For now, I think lunch will be Wednesday.
In the meantime, here’s yesterday’s Rosemary Balsamic Steak and Gruyere in a Puff Pastry. I got a little carried away with the puff. I sometimes feel like there just can never be too much puff pastry in the world.
Did I mention I’m over 2/3 of the way through NNPM? It’s been harder this year for a variety of reasons. I will take the time to sort those reasons all out in my head and on paper when I get to the end of the tunnel. Or until I break, which ever comes sooner.
