DDD #150 – Vegan Blueberry Apple Pie with Rosemary

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Vegan Blueberry Apple Pie with Rosemary

INGREDIENTS

4 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen)

2 apples – sliced very thinly

1 lemon

1 cup sugar

1-2 tsp of fresh rosemary chopped VERY finely (use less for a more subtle flavor)

1 tsp vanilla extract

3 TBS cornstarch

1 package of two pie crusts or the recipe below.

DIRECTIONS

Heat the oven to 375 degrees with a cooking sheet in there on the middle rack.

Core & slice the apples – slice them very thinly – and squeeze the juice of half a lemon on them.

In a sauce pan over medium heat – combine the berries, apple slices, juice from the other half of the lemon, sugar, rosemary, vanilla & cornstarch.  Warm until sugar dissolves & cornstarch is incorporated.  Allow to cool while you prepare the crust.

Divide the dough in two and roll out each half until they are both large enough to line your pie dish.  Layer on crust in the dish & fill with the fruit mix.

Cut the other crust into 1/2- 3/4 inch strips, twist them & coil the strips on top if the pie – starting from the center & working outward until the top is covered.  Put any extra dough in the spots where fruit shows.  (Watch the video if this seems confusing.)

Cover with foil.  Place on the hot cooking sheet & bake at 375 for 20 minutes.  Remove foil & bake another 20-25 minutes or until your crust is golden & the fruit is bubbling.

Cool & serve.

Vegan Buttery Pie Crust

3 1/2 cups flour

1/2 tsp salt

2/3 cup VERY COLD vegan butter

8-10 TBS VERY COLD water

DIRECTIONS

In a large bowl or food processor, mix the flour & salt.  Slice the butter up & work it into the flour.  I did this in my food processor by pulsing it until it was all crumbly. Little chunks of butter in the dough are okay.  Add the water a tablespoon at a time until the dough just comes together.  Don’t add so much that it gets sticky or gooey. Wrap in plastic wrap & chill in the fridge while the pie filling cools.

 

DDD #103 – Vegan Apple Pecan Bread Pudding

 

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Vegan Apple Pecan Bread Pudding

INGREDIENTS

5 packed cups leftover bread – broken up (I used hamburger buns)

1 cup chopped pecans or other nut

1-2 apples – cored & diced

1 heaping tsp cinnamon

3/4 cup sugar

1 TBS vanilla

2 cups non dairy milk

DIRECTIONS

Mix it all together. Treat a casserole pan with cooking spray & put the wet pudding in there & bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes.

Top with powdered sugar or ice cream or whipped topping or salted caramel sauce (recipe for that coming soon!)

 

 

Homemade Roasted Beet Ice Cream

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Every time I go to the amazing Super King I come out with about ten big bags of produce.  That puts a lot of pressure on me to get creative with big chunks of it (produce) every day so that I use it all before it spoils.   Hence, this beet ice cream which I can freeze!

I also come out of there sometimes with things I’ve never seen before – like this layering of nuts soaking in honey.

It was far more densely packed in there than I expected and didn’t make a very pretty presentation on my brie – but it sure tasted good!

Anyway, this bet ice cream makes more than you will likely need so you might want to cut it in half.  Unlike my Avocado Ice Cream:

the flavor of the beets didn’t get as lost in the cream & sugar as the avocado flavor did.  Plus, it had a less creamy texture.  I think it would be best served in tiny ramekins or sake glasses & used as a between-course palate cleanser.   It is gorgeous & quite tasty but just not the kind of thing you would serve yourself a huge bowl of & then sit back & shovel it into your face whilst watching Silver Linings Playbook or some such.  And it dyes your tongue (and even teeth, a bit) a neon magenta color.   I definitely recommend it but in smaller portions.  But you would be hard pressed to find a more striking bowl of ice cream.

Homemade Roasted Beet Ice Cream

INGREDIENTS

2 large red beets

2 cups Greek yogurt

1 TBS vanilla extract

1/2 cup brown sugar

2/3 cup heavy cream

DIRECTIONS

Put the canister of your ice cream maker in the freezer empty.

Heat the oven to 400 degrees.  Wrap the unpeeled beets in foil & roast for about an hour or until tender all the way through.  erring on the side of cooking too much is better than not enough because a hard beet will be harder to puree.

Cool the beets in ice water & rub or peel the skins off.  Cube the beets.  Blend all the ingredients in your food processor until as smooth as possible.  Chill the mix in the fridge (or freezer) until very cold but not getting solid.

Then – simply chill it according to your ice cream maker’s instructions.  It will come out of there in a soft serve consistency so chill it in a shallow container in your freezer if you like it harder.  Cover it with wax paper before putting the lid on the container.  You will stave off the freezer burn longer that way.