Nesting?

So, maybe this is my nesting instict kicking in but I felt like making a pie tonight. Not nearly as bad as Riana's nesting kick. She made 24 dinners! But this urge for apple pie was plus fort que moi*! So here's is my tarte aux pommes pour la femme enceinte:

I kind of threw this together following my mind's logic!  I love pies but I've found that pies in France are creamier and heavier and I just don't like them as much as my mom's homemade pies.  I did not make the crust.  I just didn't have the patience to do that tonight but had a couple Picard frozen pie crusts or påte brisées in the freezer that would work just fine. 

Ingredients:

- 6 large pink lady apples (3 for making compote with, the other three to layer into the pie)
-  Cook down the apples to make a your compote sauce. Add sugar and spice as you like. I used my Penzey's apple pie spice.
-  1 påte brisée from Picard. Let it defrost while you are making the compote.
-  Layer compote and then sliced apples that have been tossed in sugar and spice.
- Bake at 200 degreed Celsius for 30 minutes.

Making a compote for the base of tarte avoids using cream or eggs for your tarte base as the French like to do. I was thinking about my thighs while making this pie. :)

Serve warm with a big glass of milk. It's better smelling than any Yankee candle and tastes pretty darn good.

* too strong to deny

Comments

[NessieNoodle]

that looks beautiful and I can smell its yumminess all the way here!

your hair is getting so long, you look beautiful- glad to hear things are going so well with the pregnancy.

[Deb]

Looks sooooo yummy! Would be great served warm with a nice big scoop of vanilla ice cream on top!

[Emma]

Saviour that nesting instict! It is a beautiful inheritance to make apple pies the way your mom used to make them.

[Mary Anne]

Hey...I cook that way all the time, I have some easy easy easy yummy recepies if you want them, all created for the freezer!
Mary Anne

[riana]

Yummy, save me a piece with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream!