CSPie
Unfortunately, I cannot take the credit for thinking this up: Cynthia who owns Ornamentea and has been a dedicated pie fan since I started selling at the market approached me about it, and damn I thought it a great idea too. How does it work? For 60 bucks, you get 1 large or 3 small pies per week for 4 weeks. The only choice a subscriber has is large or small; sweet, savory, or mixed; or the vegetarian option. All flavors are seasonal and I use whatever local ingredients I can find.
January menu is (for now, at least):
*garlicky collard and apple smoked bacon *pear and toasted oat streusal crisp *vegetarian white bean and sage *mexican chocolate chess *brown butter sugar pie
The sugar pie is one I’m especially excited about, mainly because of it’s perfect simplicity. Sift some dry ingredients into a partially baked pie shell, pour cream over and bake…that’s it! It’s one of the frugal farmhouse pies that were popular when the cupboards were bare but you HAD to have something sweet…I love that. I substituted full fat buttermilk and added the browned butter, but you wouldn’t have to.
The first photo are the collards; the picture below is of the pear crisps.
Those collard and apple smoked bacon pies are delicious… just so you know. My favorite recent Scratch treat, however, was the local chicken, raisin, and olive empanada-style pastry. I wanted three more!