Blog Archives for category piemakers

Blueberry Custard Pie

This one I just made for fun this week because I thought it looked good. I baked it back at… Continue reading »

Currant Custard Cream Pie

I had a lot of trouble with this pie. I had never made a custard pie before and there were… Continue reading »

Blueberry Pie with a Lattice Crust

Ever since it was announced that the third week of “Life of Pie” would be decoration, I was dreading the… Continue reading »

Fig Goat Cheese Tart

I have been super into figs recently, and I love cheese, so I decided this would be a perfect pie… Continue reading »

The Design Aesthetic

This week, the assignment is a design challenge; we have been tasked with “mak[ing] a pie of your choice with… Continue reading »

Decoration Ideas for Mincemeat Pie

(Nikki) This week I plan on making a REAL, actual mincemeat pie with meat. As this traditional holiday pie reeks… Continue reading »

Savory Stuff

    Nikki here! So I decided to make two pies for Savory Week: Steak/Beef Stew Pie and Chile Relleno… Continue reading »

Decorative Thoughts

While researching pie decorations this weekend, I have found that pastry is often used to make decorative crusts and pie… Continue reading »

Possibilities for Decorations

Ever since I was a little kid, I have had little to no artistic ability. Whether it be my “chicken… Continue reading »

Pie Decoration Thoughts

I am blown away by the different pie designs there are and the possibilities of what pie to bake this… Continue reading »

Thoughts on Presentation

I’ve always liked the way tarts look. I think there is a lot of potential with regards to the placement… Continue reading »

Possible Decorations

A lot of the recipes I’ve been looking at for this week are single-crust recipes. I have been thinking about… Continue reading »

An Experiment in Recipe Synthesis: The Thanksgiving Pie

When we were throwing around the idea of ‘an entire Thanksgiving dinner baked into a pie’ in class, I laughed… Continue reading »

Spinach Pasties

I tried to makes these pasties with a traditional hot water crust. It all went well until I started rolling… Continue reading »

Steak and Stilton Pie

It was very difficult to choose a single recipe to try this week. I am quite unfamiliar with savory pies,… Continue reading »