I have always been useless at pastry...so my goal this winter is to get GREAT at pastry....my first attempt today is using Marthas favorite pastry recipe - which is also REALLY simple! Its the Pate Brisee recipe.
I used the pastry to make an apple pie....instead of a sheet of pastry to cover the pie, I cut out lots of Christmas trees and layered them around the pie....Martha uses circles for hers......then I brushed the top with egg yolk and heavy cream....it's in the oven now and smells GOOD!!! I am hopeful that this pie is GOOD!!!
We are eating it after dinner - Lloyd will have his with English custard...I will have mine with vanilla ice cream, and the children can choose :)
