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(27,802 posts)Our family had a saying - apple pie without the cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze.
I do like vanilla ice cream with pie, or cinnamon ice cream with apple pie, but I really do like apple pie with cheese.
mysteryowl
(7,376 posts)LisaM
(27,802 posts)The only other similar reference I saw was in the Betsy-Tacy books where if one of the little five year old girls was seen without the other, people would shout, "where's the cheese, apple pie?"
There is a tearoom in Seattle that had (or maybe still has) cheddar cheese and apple pie filling sandwiches grilled in cinnamon bread and I can highly recommend that.
LOL...same was said in our house! Both parents were Connecticut Yankees, so I'm not sure if it's a New England thing specifically, but I've never come across that anywhere else.
LisaM
(27,802 posts)We are from Michigan, but we do have some New England roots. Massachusetts, though.
AJT
(5,240 posts)mysteryowl
(7,376 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,377 posts)But a slab of sharp cheddar if it's hot out of the oven.
mysteryowl
(7,376 posts)I have to admit, I have never tried apple pie with cheddar.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,366 posts)Super quick and easy.
Cut your butter into cubes and freeze it solid before you start. Blitz the flour, salt, sugar and butter till it looks like cornmeal.
(I realize I may be talking to people who have been making pie crusts since I was in grade school, but oh well!)
ICE COLD WATER! Add it a tablespoon at a time, blitzing after each. Don't add too much! It's enough when the mix clumps together when you pinch it between your fingers. Dump it out onto your board like they show, kneed it a few times to get it together and form a ball, wrap in cling film and refrigerate.
**Edit to add**. There's some science at work here! The cold clumps of butter are what makes for a flaky crust. You want your dough to have visible hunks of butter (or shortening, if you use Crisco, for instance. Same principal) , so that when the crust bakes, the butter liquefies and the flour around it cooks in layers, thus making the flakiness we look for.
"Blind Bake" your crust if you are making a pie with a juicy, fruit filling. This will keep the bottom crust from getting soggy. The video did not show that, but it makes a big difference.
That BTW, is what Pie Weights are for.
YouTube is chock full of pie vids, but here's a great compilation of 8 totally yummy pie recipes from the new York Times website. Each is accompanied by a short, silent vid. Use the arrows to navigate and click the hyperlinks to the full recipes;
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/dining/thanksgiving-pies.html
Ah, crap! I've had that page bookmarked for a couple years now and didn't realize they moved it behind their paywall.
Well, as I said, plenty of pie vids on YouTube, but supporting the NYT is a good idea anyway!
mysteryowl
(7,376 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,250 posts)It had to be amazing.