Let's get the red going...!!
This is truly one of the best creative times of the year. Between Super Bowl, Valentine's, Grammy's and the Oscars, there are so many reasons to come together as an online community and celebrate. And, there is such an explosion of awesomeness that it really is very, very hard to not be swept by it all. Even if one is an institutionalized skeptic!
Today, I have a matcha pudding for you, served as a trifle with lemon cookies. I have an interesting relationship with matcha. And, well, I suppose green tea in general.
Apple Pie Brandy Pudding
So! I am betting that this Apple Pie Pudding will go down in the anals of food history as an accident that was simply waiting to happen! And, when it did, brought greater joy than either pie or pudding could have in of themselves.
Here is what happened. I have been experimenting with different flours. Recently, I decided to test what wheat I am intolerant to. And, I have reading about how heritage strains of grain may not trigger the same issues as the mass produced, yield enhancing GMO versions. Einkorn has been one of those much talked about ancient wheat varietals that supposedly is less trigger happy than regular all purpose flour. The only problem is that it is more dense and less glutenous. Therefore, it because markedly unlike regular flour. Think, low rise and less flaky.
So, when I decided to make apple pie, using the regular pie recipe....
