Weeks 8 and 9: Millions more peaches
While last week’s delivery was a pretty sane assortment of things that are none-too-difficult to use up—a tomato, a pepper, a few peaches, a few apples—this week is a bit more challenging! Another dozen peaches have arrived. And I’m flying to Houston for my cousin’s wedding this weekend! How am I supposed to consume a dozen peaches when I’m not even around?
Also… when I land on Sunday afternoon, Steve is picking me up at the airport, and taking me directly to our friends’ house for a BBQ (and not just any BBQ—a goat roast)! So I did a little research on pie-freezing, and the internets say that you can freeze your pies before you bake them, then pop them in the oven and they’re good as new. Trusting that the internets know what they’re talking about, I embarked on another cooking adventure!
I took today off to prepare for the trip, and spent the better part of the afternoon making these hand pies from Smitten Kitchen. The recipe calls for a lot of prepping and chilling and prepping some more and chilling some more… so it takes a while. But I baked two of the hand pies, just to see how they would turn out, and I had one of them and they. are. awesome. The crust turned out wonderfully crispy and flaky and I’m sure all those chilling steps are to thank. The rest of the pies are in my freezer, and baking instructions have been written down for Steve, so he can bake them on Sunday and we can bring them to the goat roast. Lord knows I don’t need 20 tiny pies sitting around my house!