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| My Killer Blackberry-Pear Oatmeal Crumble Pie |
Think about making a pie. Go to the store. Think about blackberry pie. Leave the store with blackberries and pears.
Go to your friend's house to help prepare for an early Mardi Gras party. Be kitchen slave for several hours. Go home and shower off the olive oil smell acquired during the frying of yam croquettes.
Go back to the party. Eat a whole lot of killer jambalaya. Drink one too many Hurricanes. Get home and go to sleep at 3am.
Wake up, too early. Think about making pie. Cheat and use leftover pie dough you have in the freezer. Pray to the pie goddess that the little disk of frozen dough will be enough for one crust.
Put on a mix of music created from one of your all time favorite bands - The Smiths. This is crucial. Do not forget this.
Peel and slice pears. Put blackberries in in a bowl with orange juice, cointreau, brown sugar and flour. Smash them up a bit.
Throw together oatmeal, brown sugar, butter and cointreau (just a wee bit). Use your hands (your clean hands) to mix it all together.
Toss the pears in some flour and brown sugar. Roll out the pie dough. And..... It is enough dough. Do a little happy dance in your kitchen (required). Put together the pie like this: pie dough, pears, blackberries on top of pears, and the crumbly oatmeal mess on top.
Pop it in the oven. Bake it for about an hour until it begins to bubble and smell yummy.
Taste test it when it cools. Think this is the best pie ever. Think you rock. Think how brilliant you are. Think how wonderfully creative you are.
Then make sure to tell everyone you know about it. Maybe even write about it in a blog. You might even write the blog entry while listening to Marvin Gaye.
Make sure to thank all of the people who listen and read your pie ramblings. Because, of course, you really appreciate it!
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