Apple Pie – A Family π Day Tradition Pi Day tradition at home is to make all kinds of pies. The one that always gets on the table is apple pie. Ingredients: 1 stick of butter 2 pieces of 9 inch pastry sheet 3 tablespoon of flour 1/2- cup of white sugar 1/2- cup of brown sugar 1/4 cup of water 6-8 apples, if use sweeter apples like Fuji, cut down a little bit in sugar ground cinnamon Steps: Preheat over to 425F Lay 1 pastry sheet on pie dish Peel, core and cut apple to slices, not too thin, mound apple on the pie dish Sprinkle cinnamon occasionally Cover pie…

The following ingredients can make 7-8 small cups of Tiramisu. Since there is raw egg yolk in the recipe, I normally make small batch like this to be finished in a day. Ingredient: 4oz Mascarpone Cheese 1 egg yolk 3/4 cup of heavy whipping cream 1 tablespoons of Coffee Liquer Espresso or strong coffee, enough for dipping 24 round cookies 4 tablespoons of sugar 24 homemade Lady Finger (round) Cocoa powder for decoration Steps: Make a double boiler by boiling 1/3 pot of water, set a large bowl on the pot. Place egg yolk and 2 tablespoon of sugar in the bowl, beat till pale yellow. Beat Masacarpone cheese and 1 tablespoon…

Lady Fingers Lady fingers, a main ingredient of Tiramisu, can actually be made pretty easily. Its soft, sponge like texture taste somewhat like cake. While store bought lady fingers are always in long finger shape, homemade ones can be any shape you like. For the Tiramisu in a cup that I plan to make, round, Nilla Wafer shape seems most fitting. Ingredients: 4 eggs, separated 1/2 cup of white sugar 7/8 cup of flour 1/2 tsp of baking powder 1 tsp of vanilla extract (if you don’t mind the eggy taste, this can be ignored) Steps: Preheat oven to 400F Place egg white in a clean bowl, beat in high…

Chocolate Truffle Material: Premium baking chips, 60% coco and semi-sweet, 160g Heavy whipping cream 80g Corn Syrup 8g Unsweetened coco powder Steps: Bring heavy cream and corn syrup to a near boil, pull in the chocolate chip Stir till chocolate chip melts to a thick shiny paste, if chips not completed melted, set container in hot water and continue to stir till chocolate completely melts Refrigerate for 2 hours Scoop out chocolate and roll slightly to round shape. Place chocolate in coco powder to coat. Store truffle in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.   原料： 巧克力 ：可可含量60～65%的巧克力 160g 淡奶油 83g 水饴（corn syrup）8g （装饰用）可可粉适宜 做法： 将淡奶油和水饴放在奶锅里面煮沸腾了取下来，画圈式的倒在装有巧克力的盆子里面。 轻轻搅拌，如果巧克力没有完全融化，稍微隔热水搅拌一下，直到全部融化为止。 进冰箱冷藏2小时 巧克力变为固体的时候连烤纸一起从模子里面取出来，用热过的刀子切成自己喜欢的大小，如果想做松露形状也可以搓成圆形，但是生巧克力的基础样子就是扁方形哈。 在盆子里面倒适量可可粉，然后用手把巧克力周围滚上一层可可粉。