My interest in visiting a pie café in Chicago that serves good individual slices comes from the fact that I have yet to find one in Calgary. I want to be able to sit down at a café that smells like butter and enjoy every bite of that warm flaky homemade crust with fresh fruit. With very little time left because of how the schedule worked out, I knew I had to get to this place right after my crazy deep dish pizza meal that would put anyone into a food coma. With one eye opened, I crawled to my destination.
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Hoosier Mama Pie Company. More on this later. |
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Bang Bang Pie Shop |
But I came for the pie!
I ordered a blueberry pie and while it looked nice, it wasn't my kind of pie. Where's the flaky buttery crust? Where's the juice? Why is it cold? It's supposed to be served cold and while this gelatin based pie tasted pretty good, it wasn't what I was looking for. What about at Hoosier Mama's?
I ordered the same pie for the same price and this is how it turned out. A little closer to what I have in mind however, the crust was more hard than flaky. It was also cold as this place doesn't seem to have a pie warmer. What I am impressed at is how firm and crispy the bottom crust was despite the runny filling. The staff was kind enough to advise me to simply freeze the crust after blind baking. I'm supposed to blind bake 375°F for 15 minutes as well, which is hotter and longer than what I normally do. And with that advice, it made the pie trip worthwhile despite not finding the perfect pie café.
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The little shop at Hoosier Mama's |
It worked! However I found out later that Saskatoon berries are much more firm than blueberries. Zut!
So the real test is with blueberries which I haven't had much success with in the past.
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