Bizarre-Sounding Pies For Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a holiday based on beloved food traditions — turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potato and pumpkin pie. But if there’s one Thanksgiving item that begs for multiples — it’s dessert, and now is a great time to start new traditions. Here’s some variations on pies for Thanksgiving that you probably never heard of. If you’re always trying to have the most innovative treat at the sweets table, try one of these bizarre-sounding pies for Thanksgiving.
Vinegar Pie
Your mouth probably puckers at the sound of it, but this pie is actually perfectly tangy and sweet. Made with brown sugar, nutmeg and ground ginger, it’s a dense, very granular pie. It’s almost like eating baked sugar inside of pie crust, with a hint of sour apple.
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Avocado Pie
Skip the key lime pie and let this be your green treat this year. The filling is made with cream cheese, condensed milk, lime and lemon juice and avocado. It’s like dessert guacamole…Yum!
Source: Whatscookingamerica.net
Navy Bean Pie
This sounds like it would be savory, but since white navy beans are so mild in flavor, once they’re mashed up with sugar, butter, milk and spices, they become sweet and creamy. It’s similar to the bean paste filling you’d find in a mochi ball. And hey—it’s got fiber!
Source: Epicurious.com
Wine grape pie
If you’re a wino, your antennas just went up! Winemakers use the pitted grapes that were used to make wine to fill pies. The grapes are already very moist from the winemaking process, and have been partially smashed up, releasing their sugars, so they’re much sweeter than regular grapes.
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Apple bacon pie
We know, it’s not bizarre so much as it is genius. Instead of lacing pie dough across the top of an apple-filled crust, lace some crispy bacon on top. We don’t know if this is dessert or an entrée or breakfast, and we don’t care.
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Green tomato pie
No this is not a Dr. Seuss sequel to “Green Eggs and Ham.” This is a Paula Deen recipe that sweetens green tomatoes with sugar and raisins. When baked, the tomatoes become just as moist as apple slices.
Source: Tasteofhome.com
Mincemeat pie
This pie deserves a course of its own because its filling is confusing (but delicious). It’s one of the oldest pies in history, and combines raw beef fat with apples, raisins, cherries and other fruit, along with tons of sugar. The beef fat gives the inside a custardy texture.
Source: Epicurious.com
Sawdust pie
You probably start coughing just at the sound of it, but this pie actually has tons of tasty ingredients that just happen to be flaky, hence the name. It’s filled with cookie crumbs, smashed pecans and coconut flakes that are blended with sugar and eggs to form something that is custardy but somehow still flaky.
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Nesselrode pie
This sounds like the name of a charming road in the English countryside but it was actually a very common product in the 19th century. Nesselrode is essentially chestnut puree that’s buttery, nutty and delicious. The pie turns the puree into a sort of custard filling.
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Faux apple pie
During the rationing following World War II, apples were hard to come by—and certainly it wasn’t easy to get enough to make a pie at Thanksgiving. So, what did creativity and a sweet tooth deliver? A faux apple pie filling that is a combination of a cracker similar to Ritz crackers, lemon rinds and syrup. It’s surprisingly yummy and tastes close to the real thing.
Source: Seriouseats.com