Question for the cooks: I want to spruce up the apple pie I'm baking for thanksgiving with another fruit. I have maraschino cherries and fresh strawberries—would it be better to just add the former or to save the latter and hope they're not overripe by Wednesday night?
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Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 23, 2008 12:52:24 pm PST #2985 of 10002
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lisah - Nov 23, 2008 12:57:20 pm PST #2986 of 10002
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I want to spruce up the apple pie I'm baking for thanksgiving with another fruit. I have maraschino cherries and fresh strawberries—would it be better to just add the former or to save the latter and hope they're not overripe by Wednesday night?
I don't like a really sweet apple pie so I don't think either of those would really work. Also, strawberries are a late spring/summer fruit so don't make sense to me to put in a fall pie. Maybe dried cranberries if anything?
I'm crazy for apples though. I don't think they really need embellishment.
Lee - Nov 23, 2008 1:02:05 pm PST #2987 of 10002
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I was going to suggest cranberries too.
brenda m - Nov 23, 2008 1:02:43 pm PST #2988 of 10002
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I'm not sure I can see either of those in apple pie, to be honest. The cherries would have the edge over the strawberries, I think, since I'm not sure how they would hold up. Maybe whole they would work though.
Jesse - Nov 23, 2008 1:05:12 pm PST #2989 of 10002
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I wish I were roasting something!
Barb - Nov 23, 2008 1:05:34 pm PST #2990 of 10002
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Echoing everyone else-- the maraschinos and strawberries are both... wrong, for lack of a better term. With apple pie I'm all for giving it some bite to counter the sweetness, so the cranberries sound like a nice touch, plus would add some color.
lisah - Nov 23, 2008 1:06:14 pm PST #2991 of 10002
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I was going to suggest cranberries too.
Fresh or dried!
I'm making my usual apple sauce like thing for thanksgiving dinner. Variety of apples cooked until desired softness w/ sparkling cider and some lemon juice and dried cranberries. Delicious and SUPER easy!
SailAweigh - Nov 23, 2008 1:07:30 pm PST #2992 of 10002
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I've done an apple/cranberry combo and it works really well. Also, a pear/ginger pie is good at Thanksgiving, too.
§ ita § - Nov 23, 2008 1:10:01 pm PST #2993 of 10002
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Kristen's RM, that sounds delicious! You still owe me a text, by the way, lady.
Barb - Nov 23, 2008 1:11:33 pm PST #2994 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”
A fun thing to do would be to reconstitute dried cranberries in Calvados.