Introduction: PI + PIE GRAPH + PIE
What happens when you put ¨pi¨, ¨pie graph¨and ¨pie¨ together?!
After lots of brainstorming, I have decide to use pie's closest relative, "tart", to help me realize my idea.
This is my proposal for this year's Pi Day Pie Challenge.
I have chosen chocolate pastry cream instead of the classic vanilla flavor to match the color tone of the fruits. And I found the cape gooseberry makes an excellent highlight amongst the other berries (strawberry, raspberry, blueberry and pomegranate). I can also see the possibility of trying many combinations with different fruits.
As I am not a super experienced baker, I have sourced the recipes of the crust and filling from my favorite food blog: Serious Eats! I found the recipes very well written, not to mention a bonus slide show that explains the steps in detail. That´s why I have illustrated a representation of the web page instead of repeating the actual recipes.
After many hours of planning, baking, drawing and photographing, here is the result...
Enjoy!
After lots of brainstorming, I have decide to use pie's closest relative, "tart", to help me realize my idea.
This is my proposal for this year's Pi Day Pie Challenge.
I have chosen chocolate pastry cream instead of the classic vanilla flavor to match the color tone of the fruits. And I found the cape gooseberry makes an excellent highlight amongst the other berries (strawberry, raspberry, blueberry and pomegranate). I can also see the possibility of trying many combinations with different fruits.
As I am not a super experienced baker, I have sourced the recipes of the crust and filling from my favorite food blog: Serious Eats! I found the recipes very well written, not to mention a bonus slide show that explains the steps in detail. That´s why I have illustrated a representation of the web page instead of repeating the actual recipes.
After many hours of planning, baking, drawing and photographing, here is the result...
Enjoy!
Step 1: PI + PIE GRAPH + PIE
Step 2: Ingredients - Pâte Sucrée
Step 3: Ingredients - Chocolate Pastry Cream
Step 4: Ingredients - Topping
Step 5: Pâte Sucrée 1/4
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/03/pate-sucree-tart-shell-recipe.html
Step 6: Pâte Sucrée 2/4
Step 7: Pâte Sucrée 3/4
Step 8: Pâte Sucrée 4/4
Step 9: Chocolate Pastry Cream 1/2
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/02/chocolate-pastry-cream-how-to-make-recipe.html