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I have made pies since I was a little girl. Chocolate pudding pies, fruit pies, lemon meringue. I sold them around the neighborhood. My favorite is still apple pie (and peach pie…but for this blog…apple). I could eat pie for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. In addition, I love cheese. What could be better than combining the two? I’m not just talking adding a slice of cheddar on the side, which is what my dad loved to do. I wanted to incorporate the cheese into the pie. Since I need to eat gluten-free (something I discovered over 12 years ago…that’s another whole blog), I have had to adjust my eating habits. One of the easiest things to make, if you can find a good, gluten-free frozen pie shell, is apple pie. If you can’t find that, there are plenty of mixes, including Bisquick and Bob’s Red Mill and Pamela’s, (all gluten-free, already boxed or bagged) that will help you make a single shell. Instead of adding a lattice pie pastry to the top of this pie, I shredded cheese. It turned out gorgeous. And scrumptious.
“Life is good; cheese makes it better.” That’s my quote and I’m sticking to it.
AVERY AAMES APPLE PIE WITH CHEESE CRUST
AVERY AAMES APPLE PIE WITH CHEESE CRUST
Ingredients:
7-8 Pippin apples, peeled and sliced thin
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup sweet rice flour (or regular rice flour)
Pinch of ginger
Pinch of nutmeg
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 lemon, juiced and seeds removed
1 gluten-free pie shell (Whole Foods* or other)
1 1/2 Tbsp. butter, diced
4 ounces Edam cheese, diced or grated
Directions:
Peel and slice apples. This will give you loosely 8 cups of apple slices (figure 1 cup per apple). Add sugars, rice flour, spices. Stir.
Squeeze the lemon juice over all and toss again.
Layer into the pie shell, making sure you get apples to the edges.
Dot with butter.
Sprinkle evenly with the diced/grated cheese.
Set in 450 degree oven on a tray that will catch any of the juice spilling over. Bake 35 minutes until cheese nicely browned.
Let sit 20 minutes before slicing.
May be served with another wedge of cheese or vanilla ice cream
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10 comments:
I love pie and this recipe has my mouth watering and my stomach rumbling. Fall is my favorite season and what better way to welcome it than apple pie and cheese. Thank you, Avery.
I confess I've never managed to make a good pie crust from scratch and so this is of particular interest to me.
My mom and Grandmother always made the best crust. I can follow their steps exactly and mine never turns out as good. Still I try. This cheese crust sounds yummy. Thank you.
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Thanks for the interesting blog and sharing. I love cozies and somehow the cooking and hobby ones bring the characters closer. Besides that I'm an apple fan, pie or no pie :-)
Jackie Griffey
Love apple pie, and I have to say my Grandmother made the best. Everything from scratch. Myself, I'm not a pie baker, but I do love to bake. This one sounds different, but good. Thanks Avery.
Sounds delicious. I must admit that I'm usually in too much of a hurry to make a pie, and I'm more likely to go with a crumble topping, which is hubby's favorite. I've heard of the apple & cheese combo before, but I've never tried it. Maybe one day soon...
This sounds wonderful. Why didn't I ever think of that??????
Caole. I love fall, as well. It seems to just be pie season, doesn't it?
Jacqueline, the bottom crust is store bought, but the top is pure cheese. It's fun and tasty.
Victoria, Make sure your butter or lard is cold when you start a scratch pie crust. It matters! It helps the flours form little pea-sized balls.
Jackie, Thrilled that you like the cooking and hobby cozies. There are so many to choose from, aren't there?
Terry, a memory of a grandmother is a fabulous thing to hold onto.
Shelley, this one is fast to make because of the store-bought bottom crust and the cheese is simply crated. Easier than a crumb topping!
~Avery AveryAames.com
And the winner of a copy of LOST AND FONDUE is Jackie! Jackie, please email me at avery (at) averyaames (dot) com and give me your mailing address, and I'll get a copy of the book out to you ASAP.
All my best,
Avery
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Better make sure that you understand that's Jackie Griffey (Anonymous). Randomly selected #4, which is Jackie Griffey's post number.
~Avery
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