Sugar, Butter, Flour by Jenna Hunterson

Author:Jenna Hunterson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2017-05-04T12:00:32+00:00

SPICE THINGS UP

Dried herbs and spices last only about a year once opened, even less if they are exposed to excessive heat and humidity. Give your spices a sniff from time to time. If their aroma has faded away, so has their flavor, and they are adding little more than dust to your recipes.

PART THREE

Feels So Good to Be Bad: Chocolate and Nut Pies

Chocolate is a treat any old day, but chocolate pie makes an occasion special. Chocolate pie says “celebration,” “congratulations,” or “hot date” like nothing else. You can serve any other kind of pie at dinner and you won’t raise an eyebrow, but chocolate pie is definitely going to raise expectations. It’s sort of the “hip-hip-hooray” of pies.

Now, to my mind, the more chocolate, the better. There’s no good reason to limit it to the filling. You can go wild with a chocolate crumb crust, bonus hidden filling, or chocolate curls. All these pies make for a deep flavor that supports added layers of richness, like chocolate-covered strawberries or a shot of bourbon. Once you start adding extras to a chocolate pie, it’s hard to stop—and there’s nothing that says you have to.

I don’t think there’s a person alive who’s immune to the seductions of an intense chocolate pie. Don’t be afraid to use dark chocolate. The sugar will balance its bitter qualities, and the intensity adds depth and makes it kind of sultry. I always keep a bag of dark chocolate chips on hand for emergency chocolate-pie baking but when I have a little more time I go for a chunk of the good stuff and chop it into bits with a big, sharp kitchen knife. Chocolate with 70% or more cacao is best for delivering a full-blown blast of chocolate flavor, and when it comes to chocolate, why be timid?

Don’t expect to cut yourself a tiny sliver of chocolate pie and leave it at that, because these pies are going to taste like more. It only takes one bite and you’ll want the whole thing. Not that I’d ever try to seduce anyone with a chocolate pie! But you know, a person could.

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