Bacon, egg, and Swiss cheese hand pies (Photo: Christopher Hirsheimer)
Local food writer, cooking teacher, and pie maker Cathy Barrow finds more ways to use pastry dough deliciously with crowd-pleasing (and easy-to-make) results. In her new cookbook, When Pies Fly, Barrow digs into a world of doughs for galettes, small tarts, turnovers, empanadas, strudels, knishes, fried pies, and poppers, offered in sweet and savory iterations.
Join Barrow as she guides the rolling-pin novice and the experienced dough wrangler through one of the crusty, flaky recipes in the book. She offers a step-by-step demonstration of a well-tested recipe that makes turning out a free-form pie practically foolproof.
She’ll also discusses some of the portable forms for which her versatile crusts can provide the base. After the presentation and demonstration, enjoy a taste of one of Barrow’s creations.
Copies of When Pies Fly (Grand Central Publishing) are available for purchase and signing.
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Once you’ve made that perfect crust, how will you fill it? Cathy Barrow’s spice-infused recipe for cardamom peach filling takes advantage of one of summer’s favorite stone fruits.
