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You say Amaretti, I say Amaretto

23 Wednesday May 2012

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It was a fortuitous set of events. My friend Erin asked me to make her an Amaretto-Amaretti Chocolate Fudge Pie. I found a recipe for homemade Amaretto on one of my favorite blogs, SoupAddict. I made Amaretto. I put it in the pie. Then I made lots of Amaretto Sours. Oh happy day!

The pie crust recipe calls for amaretti cookies and chocolate. I went to three grocery store and couldn’t find amaretti. I silently cursed the state of California. This would never have happened in New Jersey!!

So I used overpriced biscotti instead, because I was tired of going to stores. Boo.

It turned out pretty nicely though, must say.

Amaretti. Amaretto. Amore.

Belated birthday pie with a side of Sequence.

It turns out that making your own homemade Amaretto is easy and inexpensive. And might (if I may be so bold) even taste better than the expensive stuff. You can get the recipe here.

SoupAddict also has a great recipe for homemade sour mix, if you’re planning on using your Amaretto for more than flavoring a pie. You might want to find strong helpful males to help squeeze the lemons, limes, and orange for you. That worked well in my experience.

I may or may not be drinking an Amaretto Sour at this exact moment.

Belated Pie

09 Monday Apr 2012

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I noticed today that I haven’t had any page views on my blog for a couple days. I think this could be due to a couple factors. Definitely the main one that comes to mind is that I haven’t actually posted anything in weeks.

I’m a bad blogger! *sob*

Never fear…I’ll get better. Or will I? The fact is that I’m often so busy with my real life that I forget about the virtual side of things. For example, I just went to New Jersey for a week to visit family and friends. It was fantastic. I made four pies there and now I’m even farther behind on my blog. You see how it goes.

I hope you’ve all had a wonderful couple of weeks and that you still want to read my blog even though I take long, rude hiatuses.

Ah, March…remember March? Back in March, Levi and I had a lovely evening with our friends Ali and Rodney. Ali made three different vegetarian curries served with all kinds of accompaniments and dipping sauces and made it look effortless. It made me think about the mess that ensues when I cook Indian food…hmmm….(mental note: figure out how she does it.)

Ali likes chocolate pie, so I made her a Classic Chocolate Cream Pie. Seemed suitable.

(Pie patiently waiting to be smothered with homemade whipped cream.)

This pie calls for an Oreo crumb crust. What’s better than that, you may ask?

Why, a Joe-Joe’s crust of course!

Ali and Rodney enjoying pie.

 

Pie enjoying Baraka.