Get some canned pears. Chop them up into smallish pieces. Line a baking sheet with foil, then dust with powdered sugar. Spread the pear pieces in a single layer on the baking sheet. Put in the oven at 200° F for 4-6 hours. They need to be not wet anymore, only slightly sticky, and with a gummy texture like raisins or other dried fruits.
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(Medieval-inspired. Medieval-probable.)
Use a 9” deep dish pie tin. You also want a meat thermometer.
Pie crust:
¾ cup butter 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour or semola flour ½ cup water ¼ tsp salt beaten egg whites
Filling:
2 Tbsp honey ½ cup dried fruits, minced (such as raisins, blueberries, prunes, cherries) 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon 3 egg yolks 2 Tbsp minced nuts 1 cup carrots, finely chopped ¾ cup fennel bulb, finely chopped 2 cups chicken, cut into about 1” cubes ½ tsp salt ½ tsp pepper 1 tsp thyme ½ tsp mace
Crust: Cut the butter into the flour until it is crumbly and there is no more dry powder. Dissolve the salt in the water, and stir into the flour to make a soft dough. Knead it a bit to get it all together. Form a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and place in fridge to chill until hard.
Mix the chicken pieces, salt, pepper, thyme, and mace. Set aside, let chill.
Stir together the rest of the filling ingredients.
When the crust dough is hard, divide it in half. Place a piece of waxed paper on the counter, and sprinkle with flour. Roll out half the dough to a circle big enough to fit in the pie tin. It should be somewhat thick crust. Place the tin upside-down on the dough, and flip it over with the dough and waxed paper to get the dough inside. Remove the waxed paper and press the dough down into the tin.
Around this time, set the oven to preheat to 350° F.
Stir the chicken mix into the rest of the filling. Spread the filling into the pie tin.
Roll out the rest of the crust in the same way, using the waxed paper to lift it and place it on the top of the pie. Trim the edge of the crust and pinch the top and bottom together.
Brush the beaten egg whites onto the crust. Make a cool design on the top crust with the remaining dough! Make sure there are some cuts in the top crust. Brush the design with egg whites as well.
Bake for about 1 hour, until the internal temperature reaches or exceeds 165° F.
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Crust: 1 cup flour 6 Tbsp butter ¼ cup water
Filling: 2 lbs. apples ½ cup dried fruits (this time I used prunes, raisins, dried cherries, dried blueberries, crystallized ginger) ½ cup sugar ¼ tsp ground cinnamon ¼ tsp ground nutmeg ¼ tsp ground mace ¼ tsp salt 1/8 tsp ground cloves pinch of saffron powder (optional)
Cut the butter into the flour until it is crumbly and there are no more large chunks of butter. Stir the water into the flour. Knead it a little bit to make a dough, using flour if necessary to keep from sticking. Roll it thin and place in a 9” pie or tart dish. Chill until ready to use.
Preheat oven to 375° F. Core the apples and chop them into small pieces. Mince the dried fruits. Combine the apples and dried fruits with the spices and sugar, stirring to coat. Place into the tart crust.
Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 45 minutes, removing the foil toward the end of baking time.
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2 cups chopped tomatoes ½ cup candied ginger, minced ¼ cup balsamic vinegar ¼ cup apple cider or juice 2 Tbsp raisins or other small dried fruit ½ tsp ground black pepper ½ tsp ground coriander ½ tsp fennel seed ½ tsp cinnamon ½ tsp ground nutmeg ½ tsp rosemary ½ tsp salt 1 Tbsp honey 1 tsp arrowroot powder
Combine all ingredients in a pan. Let sit for 5 minutes. Put over medium heat and simmer for a few minutes until thick. Let it cool completely to continue to thicken.
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Crust:
½ cup flour ½ cup rolled oats ½ tsp salt ¼ cup cold butter, cubed 2 Tbsp cold water
Stir together the flour, oats, and salt. Cut in the butter until it's clumpy. Stir in the water. Put dough on a piece of plastic wrap and use the wrap to press it into a ball, then chill.
Preheat oven to 350° F.
Meanwhile, make the filling:
2 ½ cups almond flour 1 cup quince jam 2/3 cup dried or candied fruit, finely chopped 1 tsp cinnamon 2 egg yolks ½ cup sour cream
Mix all ingredients together.
When the crust is firm to the touch, place the ball of dough in a pie tin. Use the plastic wrap as a shield to roll or press out the dough to shape the crust in the pie tin. Press the filling evenly into the crust.
Bake for 30 minutes.
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A classic and old-fashioned frosting that's thick and marshmallowy.
½ cup sugar ¼ cup corn syrup 2 Tbsp water 2 egg whites 1 tsp vanilla
Mix sugar, corn syrup and water in a saucepan. Cover, heat to a rolling boil over medium heat. Uncover and keep boiling rapidly until it reaches 242 on a candy thermometer, or it forms a firm ball which holds its shape until pressed when dropped in cold water.
As mixture boils, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Pour the hot syrup very slowly in a thin stream into the egg whites, beating constantly on medium speed. Add vanilla, beat on high speed until stiff peaks form. Variations
Cherry Nut: Stir in ¼ cup candied cherries and ½ cup chopped nuts.
Chocolate Revel: Stir in ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips or 1 ounce of baking chocolate, coarsely grated.
Cocoa: sift ¼ cup cocoa over finished frosting and fold in.
Fruity: Use any fruit juice instead of water.
Honey: Use honey instead of corn syrup.
Lemon: Substitute 1 Tbsp lemon juice for the vanilla and beat in ¼ tsp lemon zest.
Maple Pecan: Stir ¼ tsp maple flavoring and ½ cup chopped pecans into Satiny Beige frosting (below).
Peppermint: stir in 1/3 cup coarsely crushed peppermint candy, or ½ tsp peppermint extract.
Pineapple: Substitute 1 tsp lemon vest for the vanilla, and stir in 1 can (8 ounces) of crushed pineapple, drained.
Pink Mountain: Use maraschino cherry juice instead of water.
Raisin Nut: Stir in ¼ cup chopped raisins and ¼ cup finely chopped nuts.
Satiny Beige: Use packed brown sugar instead of of white sugar and use ½ tsp vanilla instead of 1 tsp
Tea: Use any kind of strongly brewed tea instead of water.
Tutti Frutti: Fold in chopped nuts and dried and candied fruits equal to ¼-½ cup.
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2 ¾ cup flour 4 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 3 Tbsp Olive oil 3 Tbsp Coconut oil or butter 1 ½ cup milk
Preheat oven to 450° F.
Stir the flour, baking powder and salt together. Cut in the butter, or grate it & stir it in. Stir in the milk. For whole wheat flour, you might need 1 or 2 more Tbsp of milk. It should be a very soft, sticky dough. Drop by large spoonfuls onto a greased or lined baking sheet. Bake for 12 minutes. Makes 12.
Reduce the salt to ½ tsp. Add a bit of honey or sugar, and other things like nuts, oats, and dried fruit to make scones.
Use olive oil instead of butter. Add 1 tsp rosemary and 1 tsp black pepper and roll out into thin pizza crusts (recipe is enough for 2 medium-large pizzas). It makes a nice crackery crust.
Make vegan by using coconut oil instead of butter and water instead of milk. The biscuits still turn out soft and fluffy.
Add ¾ cup of grated cheese.
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