Sacrebleu Wine Pie from Sedona Pies

They have an image problem. Why? Because most pies are so full of chemicals that whenever I have picked up a pie from the store shelf, all you just need to do is read the ingredient list (I read all ingredient lists). It amazes me why bakeries or manufacturers’ need to put all that crap in the pies. What’s with that?

How can pies be set right? Ok, pies aren’t a valuable ingredient to one single recipe; it’s from the flavors of the fruit or nuts or cream and all the various things that make up a pie which makes it essential. As my friend Ray says “If you got the crust flaky and tasty then that’s half the recipe right there.”

To evolve and return the kind of pies our grandmothers used to make, we need to eliminate the high glucose sugars and all the added chemicals, just to return pies to its splendor. I remember making apple pies with my Grandma from freshly picked apples from her trees. We all I am sure have stories to share from our childhood that we can share. From peeling the apples and my Grandma was great making the pastry – oh they were so good, fresh from the oven. Grandpa and I used to pour cream over the apple pie or cobblers.

Let’s make pies popular again. Revive them. They are their whole own category a new dessert, which will lead to serving pies not only at Weddings also at Special occasions and at our dinner tables. A good excuse to have family dinners again.

The “The Boomers” fancy pie much more than cake. Why? I think it’s’ just because we all grew up with pie for dessert. American as apple pie. Remember the Chocolate pudding pies? Or how about Rhubarb and Strawberry pies? We all have our favorites…cream pies too! What’s your favorite?

If you are wondering how you would serve Pie at your Wedding or any other Special Occasion here are 10 ideas in how you can serve pie:

• The pie display is the same as the cake display either on your head table or on the cake table, very elegantly.
• Serve tarts rather than cupcakes
• Serve a slice of pie rather than a slice of cake
• Have your pie’s flavor designed to your wedding theme and colors
• As a Groom’s pie for the rehearsal dinner or anniversary
• Serve tarts during and at the midnight lunch
• Have a selection of desserts that include pie and pastries so your guests can choose from a selection. (This way your guests can choose and you don’t have to)
• Serve pie with a scoop of ice cream, with chocolate or Carmel sauce. One of my customers’ said “Chocolate sauce with Pinot Noir” was great with my “Sacrebleu pie”. (made with Cabernet and Blueberries.)
• With whipping cream, a little tab will do you, or cover the whole slice or the whole pie
• Serve warmed or cold

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Written by Mari-Lyn Harris aka The Pie Princess of Sedona Pies. For more information about serving pies at your Wedding or Special Occasion contact me at 510-564-7880 or http://sedonapies.com. From every pie that is sold $2 goes to feeding the hungry at local food banks.