Thursday, October 11, 2007

Pie. Pie. Pie. Pie. Pie. Apple Raspberry Pie.





I love pie. I've never met a pie I didn't love, though sadly some pies just don't love me back.

This is a vegan gluten-free apple-raspberry pie with a crumble topping, made with no refined sugar and all local fruit. It was improvisational, and I didn't write the recipe down - I mixed up apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, fresh raspberries, a little Earth Balance margarine, agave nectar and some lemon juice and a little cornstarch (or was it arrowroot starch or sweet rice flour?) for the filling. I will post the delicious whole-grain crumb topping recipe one of these days, I promise. It turned out deliciously. I have another frozen gluten-free pie crust in my freezer just waiting to be turned into another pie, so a recipe should be forthcoming in the next week or so.

The pie crust is this one, which I bought at my local Hannaford:

Natural Feast Gluten-Free Pie Shells (Frozen - 2 Units)

If you don't have a Hannaford near you, you can buy it from Gluten-Free Mall. They come in packages of two, and are vegan, kosher, gluten-free and free of refined sugar. Though my homemade pie crusts are better, these frozen guys are pretty darn decent and so very, very convenient.

Yum.

12 comments:

  1. Anonymous4:39 PM

    What a gorgeous pie. I have never had an apple raspberry pie. Sounds delicious.

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  2. Anonymous6:14 PM

    I love improv food! This looks amazing. And nice photos, too.

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  4. Yum-my! This looks so tasty. I'm curious about the crust ingredients- if it has eggs, or soy or nuts...? I'd love to find a ready-made pie crust I could use.

    PS: Your challah looks positively beautiful!

    Karina

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  5. PS:: Psyche! I just looked it up- it's vegan and allergen-free (for me).

    Thank you! *smooch!*

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  6. It looks SOOO yummy. You've made me hungry!

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  7. My goodness! That's gorgeous! Good for you. I definitely have to try it. Thanks for posting this.

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  8. Anonymous11:42 AM

    dude, that pie looks really, really good.

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  9. Ooh. Can't wait to try it. There's a Hannaford's not to far from us and they have TONS of gluten free foods. Thanks for the inspiration to make a pie! Hope your transition to the east has been good.

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  10. Absolutely gorgeous - can't wait to try this one!

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  11. Anonymous7:25 PM

    Ooo! I never thought of mixing raspberries and apples - looks divine! I just lucked out on a wonderful GFCF maple pumpkin pie recipe improv. that happened to turn out well - it's in my Tues Oct. 16th post if you're interested. Can't wait to try yours!

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  12. hannasford has GF frozen pie shells!! and if karina can have it looks like i can too, woo hoo!

    next time im upstate i am grabbing a bunch!

    great resource thanks!

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