not now, i'm knitting

Were you looking for pie?  So how about celebrating Piehole Wednesday on Friday?  Yeah, I thought it was a good idea too.  I watched Pusing Daisies on Wednesday and while I did so, I made a pie, a custard pie (with pears), actually. 

It's a Martha Stewart recipe that you can find here.  It's another one of those non-traditional pies in that there is no crust...it's a pie because it was baked in a pie pan.  It was still pretty good though; but, I suppose if you are not a fan of custard (or say, if you are allergic to eggs), then this is not the pie for you.

As pies go, it's a pretty quick one to do...there is no pastry preparation (because there is no crust)...the most time consuming part is peeling, coring and slicing the pears.  Martha suggests that the prep time takes 15  minutes.  I have often thought that prep time estimates arent' really Martha's forte.  If you are a normal person or have a toddler in the kitchen with you while making this pie, you should probably allot 20-25 minutes.  If said toddler wants to "help" you, you are probably looking at 30-35 minutes prepping this very simple pie.  But as pies go, it's a pretty good one to do with kids (after you peel and cut the pears).

Baking this pie was a break from knitting mittens (I know, they aren't knit in that pretty tweed I planned to use, more on that later).  But after the pie was done, I had to get back to knitting the mittens.  They needed to be done last night.  Oh, well.

Also, it has come to my attention that bloglines doesn't seem to like my blog's feed right now.  I can't really do anything about it, so hopefully bloglines and my blog will make up sooner rather than later.  Have a good weekend! 

Comments

[margene]

Bloglines has been mean to so many people!
That pie looks SO good.

[La Mañosa]

I've also made this pear custard and it was fantastic! It's hard to stop after just one piece.

Good luck with your mittens!

[yaiAnn]

Yum! I like pear and custards! Move over to google reader! I love it!

[Oiyi]

This is my favorite recipe that I have been making for years from that issue of Everyday Food. So easy and delicious! I was surprised to find out it's a clafouti recipe, but with pears.

[Rachel]

Bloglines is just being a pain in general lately!

I'm drying most of my pears, but I'm thinking that maybe I'll save some for this pie next weekend. Custard anything is always good!

[katie]

yummy pie, and yummy mitts! love the color.

[Deborah Kindel]

The pie looks delicious, and I love not having to make a crust. Did you see the chocolate pear pie recipe on Martha's site?

[stacey]

mmm - I love custard! I'll have to try that one!

[Nell]

Yummy!

[chanel flap]

mmm - I love custard! I'll have to try that one!