Should You Use Lard Instead of Butter When Making a Pie Crust? Does it make the flakiest, most flavorful pastry? It depends who you ask. Ask a random sampling of pastry chefs, bakers, and home cooks ...
Recipe from Miles McMatch for the Cochon555 Culinary Competition and Cookbook • Hungry for more? Click here to return to our Super Bowl Guide • Ingredients Pie 1. Mix the 2 cups of the flour, salt and ...
When I tell people I grew up in a family of pie bakers, it’s easy to imagine I’m bragging. My mother’s pies are legendary — rich, velvety custard fillings or mounded fruit pies, each cradled in an ...
No nation has elevated sweet pie to the level of lore that America has—and never is our pie obsession as strong as during the holidays. Whether you’re emulating Aunt Angie’s apple or perfecting your ...
Home pie bakers are rediscovering the joys of lard. And while most pastry instructors and commercial bakers don’t use it, pastry chef Diana Penn said they do appreciate the growing interest from ...
We tested three common fats to see which would produce the crispiest, flakiest pie crust. We tested three common fats—butter, shortening, and lard—to see which would produce the crispiest, flakiest ...
Not only did they love the overall taste and look of Andrist’s “Raspberry French Silk Pie,” but the crust sent them to their cellular phones to investigate a curious ingredient: leaf lard. According ...
When I tell people I grew up in a family of pie bakers, it's easy to imagine I'm bragging. My mother's pies are legendary — rich, velvety custard fillings or mounded fruit pies, each cradled in an ...
When I tell people I grew up in a family of pie bakers, it’s easy to imagine I’m bragging. My mother’s pies are legendary — rich, velvety custard fillings or mounded fruit pies, each cradled in an ...