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    Friday, Jun 26, 2009 9:00PM / Standard Entry / food / Members only
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    Final pics of any more of my apple pies. I promise.
     
    For now, indulge me by admiring the fine crust I created. A perfect crust - flaky but not crumbly on the top, "sturdy" but not overly-doughy on the bottom.


    The perfect crust.
    I figured out my error on the first homemade crust.     Something to do with the quantity of water.

    I made only one modification to the filling. I started them off with using a spiffy apple corer/slicer. For best results with one of these gizmos, you should position the device at the right spot and firmly press it into the fruit before actually slicing it through. Kinda like a 2-step process. My apple slices were cut into small pieces before softening in a pot.


    Ideally, it would be wooonderful to be able to recreate the apple pies that were sold at a place that used to be known as Sun Wah Kue on Washington Street in SF's Chinatown. The crust was soft, thin and just the right texture. The filling was a tiny bit tart, not too sweet and I recall the apples cut into tiny pieces. $6 of such goodness. Such a shame the shop no longer exists.



    My in-laws had a taste of the pie pictured above. They don't usually comment on my baking, only offering a rather dull 'ho sik" ("tastes good") when prodded. This latest project was a crowd-pleaser.

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Entry comments (26)

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  • kerryh91
    kerryh91
    posted on Friday, Jul 3, 2009 9:41PM [Report]
    looking gooood!!
  • mio
     mio
    posted on Wednesday, Jul 1, 2009 9:13PM [Report]
    looks soooooooooo nice!
  • Aisha89
     Aisha89
    posted on Tuesday, Jun 30, 2009 9:43AM [Report]
    why the hearts?
  • Aisha89
     Aisha89
    posted on Tuesday, Jun 30, 2009 9:42AM [Report]
    YUMMY!
  • JasonChau
    JasonChau
    posted on Monday, Jun 29, 2009 3:00PM [Report]
    You know my family LOVES apple pie!!! ^^ My mum sometimes used to make it along with some fantastic custard to go with it all! I also like apple crumble too (I used to make it at school would you believe!).

    To get a really good apple pie, you should also try to see if you can get bramley apples. These are British apples which are known for their best use in cooking. They taste much sweeter than Granny Smiths for sure. You need to cook/soften them first beforehand before putting it into the pie for baking. ^^
  • patrickchow
    Official artist Patrick Chow
    posted on Monday, Jun 29, 2009 12:08PM [Report]
    the coolest

    equal shares for everyone ... no more fighting ...
  • Guitarjazzed
    Guitarjazzed
    posted on Sunday, Jun 28, 2009 11:52PM [Report]
    this looks professional.. way to go!
  • luna16
    luna16
    posted on Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 10:16AM [Report]
    yay congrats!  i know how gratifying it can be when pies come out right!  loving the milk or egg wash you've got going on~
  • freestylerchick
    freestylerchick
    posted on Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 6:26AM [Report]
    too pretty to eat!!! love it!! =)
  • Seeker-09
    Seeker-09
    posted on Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 4:42AM [Report]
    Perfecto!
  • JRS
    JRS
    posted on Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 4:05AM [Report]
    It looks, er looked!, like it was absolutely wonderful!  And even the in-laws begrudgingly agreed...now, as they say, "That takes the cake!"  Oh, dessert humor!  haha!
  • JRS
    JRS
    posted on Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 4:03AM [Report]
    This works great as long as you don't have crooked apples!  haha!
  • dmiles
    Official artist D. Miles
    posted on Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 3:02AM [Report]
    Now all you have to do is bake another and send it to me! ;D
  • jacishere
    jacishere
    posted on Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 2:51AM [Report]
    It might be good to invest in some apple peelers if you are going to continue to make apple pies, that would speed things up.  How many apples do you need to use for one apple pie?  
    I like the idea of the heart cookie cutter though, very good!
  • janechu
     janechu
    posted on Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 2:22AM [Report]
    it looks mouth-watering!!! love the hearts.. =) it came out nice!!
  • justicevancho
    Official artist Justice Vancho
    posted on Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 2:19AM [Report]
    Tight heart pie.
  • yenc
    yenc
    posted on Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 1:37AM [Report]
    look nice and yummmyyy!
  • jacishere
    jacishere
    posted on Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 1:32AM [Report]
    I like how you have hearts on your crust.  Is that hard to do?
  • Melly
    Melly
    posted on Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 1:21AM [Report]
    *drools
  • AsianChick100
    AsianChick100
    posted on Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 1:09AM [Report]
    i LOVE apple pies. if i were in san fran, i probably would've bought 'em at sun wah kue too. what happened? why did they close down?

    i see you're getting creative. ;)
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