Here are my entries to the ScienceBlogs Pi Day Bake-off:
End-of-winter fruit pie
Apples and amaretto-soaked dried fruit in a nut crust. Dense and rich.
'I want to taste springtime!' violet custard pie
Delicate, creamy, and a little bit fantastic (seeing as how it requires harvesting petals from a couple hundred violets).
Schnockaschtettle
Quick and easy, with the perfect balance of molasses and crumb topping.
Tea-time cheesecake pie
Tea-scented cheesecake topped with citrus-y marmalade.
Foolish rhubarb pie
Tart, sweet, and creamy, rich and yet light
Lemon-berry pie
Lemon curd in a gingersnap crust, topped with fresh berries. Just the right amount of pucker.
Vegetarian shepherd's pie
Savory fake meat with vegetables and a smashed potato topping. A satisfying dinner after a day of herding the tofu.
Chocolate-almond meringue finale
The almond-y meringue is on the bottom, filled with a silky smooth, sparingly sweet chocolate custard. My favorite pie of all time.
And, here are some pie-charts that give you at-a-glance data about my eight pies:
Fruit pies or not
Ovo-utilization
What kind of crust
Oven-utilization
If you like one of these pies, please click over to the contest page and vote for it!
And, have a happy Pi Day!
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Most of the photos seem to be about Ï/6 though. I demand photos of full Ïs!
*ahem* Carry on.
what an effort, very well done, very funny.
thx, hans
Fucking awesome!
What an awesome effort, Janet. Thank you.
There's no place to comment on the voting page, so I'll just bring up two points here:
1. There's no link on the voting page for the chocolate almond meringue pie.
2. I wish I could have voted for both an "entrée pie" and a dessert pie.
Hilarious! I love the "Pi" charts. :)
I love science "Pi"s. They're so much better than ordinary pies!
There appears to be a problem with voting; there was no way to vote for pie delivery to my front door.
Congrats on the great pi's
But...{pet peeve) as a non american your recipes are'nt doable. Cups WTF!! Weight measures are much better.C'mon join the rest of the world so we can all share