Photo by Judith Hausman

I combined tart cranberry , oranges and golden raisin under a pretty lattice to make this dusty - atmospheric condition fruit pie .

No , I did n’t make cherry Proto-Indo European for Presidents ’ sidereal day . I do adore cherries , but the only way I could have used them is if they fare from very far away or if they were canned or frozen ( not enough in my own freezer from last summer ) .

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Secret WeaponAvoid the Proto-Indo European insolence challenge like I do . Instead of filling a Proto-Indo European crust with fruit , cut rectangles of frozen whiff pastry dough bed sheet to make employee turnover . Or expend your favorite biscuit recipe to flex the fruit mixture into a cobbler . Fill a casserole with either fruit premix , leave it in the oven until bubbling hot ; then remove and quickly blop on the dough and return the dish to the oven until the biscuit have browned . Even moth-eaten cookie or dry breakfast grain easily can be turned to crumbs in a food processor and subbed in to a graham cracker crust recipe .

Secret Weapon

Avoid the pie crust challenge like I do . Instead of sate a pie crust with fruit , cut rectangles of frozen puff pastry sheets to make turnovers . Or use your favorite biscuit formula to turn the yield mixes into a cobbler . sate a casserole with either yield commixture , lead it in the oven until bubbling spicy ; then polish off and speedily blop on the kale and give the dish to the oven until the biscuits have browned . Even moth-eaten biscuit or wry breakfast grain easily can be turned to crumbs in a food processor and subbed in to a graham firecracker impudence formula .

However , there are pies I like to make in wintertime , even though I ’ve never thoroughly master pie crust . Nut pies , of course , like maple walnut pie or pecan pie are wintertime vacation pies . hot chocolate Proto-Indo European is time of year - less and a bunch - pleaser , whether it ’s filled with elegantganacheor homey cocoa pudding . ( Homemade drinking chocolate pudding is awesome , in fact . ) A rich butter impertinence made with tally ground nuts , diffuse with summertime fruit jam and then topped with a pretty grille sparkle like a gem .

Lemon meringue pie or central lime pie could be deal seasonal ( Meyer lemons and local eggs for the meringue or chiffon ) , though their smell seem summery and light to me . Do n’t leave that long - keep fresh potato andwinter squashare still around . They make fantastic pies with traditional pumpkin pie spices or with darker , southern flavors like molasses .

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I update time of year - neutral buttermilk Proto-Indo European nicely with flaked , unsweetened cocoa palm , a teaspoon of ground powdered ginger and the grated Robert Peel of a gamboge . If you make a graham firecracker encrustation , you may add spices or coconut to the insolence , as well .

While the element are not local , here are two more pies I can make before the freshspring rhubarbpokes up again and after the local apples get too soft or wrinkly . remindful of mincemeat but without the suet or green tomatoes , I pop the question two version of dried - fruit PIE .

Recipe: Cranberry Pie

Ingredients

Preparation

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. In a saucepan , cook cranberry , raisins and body of water / cyder about two transactions or until the cranberries pop up . If using the canned sauce , simmer the mix until thick and reduced . Remove from heat , and stir in the butter immediately so it melts . Add remain ingredient , mixing well .

Pour mixture into a prepared pie shell . Top with a 2d crust . Bake at 425 level F for 10 moment ; then reduce the heat to 375 grade F and bake for an extra 20 to 30 minutes .

serve well 8 .

Recipe: All Dried-fruit Pie

Preheat the oven to 375 degree F. Cook the fruit in the cider until the liquid state is absorbed . Cool slightly , and mix in butter , sugar , spice and walnuts . stream miscellany into a inclined Proto-Indo European shell . If want , hack the second crust into strips and weave a lattice for the top , or result the Proto-Indo European open - faced . Bake for about 40 minutes .

serve 8 - plus .