#178 Burnt Ham & Cheese Quiche

#178 Burnt Ham & Cheese Quiche

 A few Sundays ago I was a bit more preoccupied with Occupy Wall Street than watching over the pie in the oven. Hence # 178  Breakfast  Quiche was burned.

October 2nd 2011

I've been moved by the kids Occupying  Wall Street. I spent the whole morning creating this video montage of pictures from New York. Preoccupied with Occupy thus burning pie #178  Ham & Veggie Quiche.

# 176 & 177~ Apple Cream Cheese pies

I created a wonderful  new recipe. It's your basic apple pie but, I added in a cream cheese filling with a hint of lemon.  Now this recipe has been done before, but usually folks use an apple sauce mixture. I prefer using sliced apples.

Peel and slice  6 large apple, Granny Smith Apples are the best.. I like to use a variety of two or three apples. 

1. Preheat oven to 350º
2.   Melt 1 stick of butter in a large skillet . Add sliced apples and lightly mix together.  In a small bowl combine sugar, cinnamon, and flour. Stir well and pour mixture over apples. Toss apples until thoroughly coated.
3. Pour apples into pastry-lined pie pan. Pour cream cheese mixture over the apples. Place second pastry on top. Seal edges and cut steam vents in top crust.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 45 to 55 minutes, until crust is golden brown.

Lemon cream cheese Filling

5 ounces cream cheese, room temperature.
1/2 cup  granulated white sugar
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice (approximately two large lemons)
2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste

1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
TIPS: Always remove the zest first before halving and squeezing the lemon.
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest  In a food processor or electric mixer, place the cream cheese and process until smooth. Add sugar and process until incorporated. Add the eggs and vanilla  process until thoroughly combined. Add the lemon juice and zest and process until well blended and smooth. .

Pour over the apples and top with another pastry  and bake at 350  º for  50 minutes.

I made another one the following week. This time I created a deep dish version. 

Deep Dish Apple Cream Cheese

Baked on the first full day I published my assumed name ~

  Kate's  Piehole Records. 

No record store yet, but I am baking pies for delivery.  

I Haven't heard back yet from my customer if she liked it or not...hmmmm.