Tomato-Cheddar Cornmeal Crust Tart & Hurricane Pie

Q: What happens when you visit the in-laws for vacation but the East Coast shuts down because of Irene*?

A: You come home with four kids and a hairy beast and a soggy husband and scrounge.  The shelves look like Soviet markets circa 1982 or my older brother’s fridge that first year out of college (hint: mustard is not a food group).  We let the kids entertain themselves on the long car trip back by reading, taking turns kicking each other’s seat and/or annoying each other by chewing gum loudly or humming, and making up new lyrics for songs.  Now, you might be thinking, “Gee, I wish my kids were creative enough to a) know b-sides of Beatles’ songs well enough to change the words.”  If so, you were NOT in the car with us and thus didn’t get to hear the 9 year old and 12 year old compete for who could be grosser-slash-less appropriate (Dear Poo-dence was only the first step). But all four of them got along well and laughed and the rain was thick and my husband’s hand was on my arm.

I thought about posting the lyrics, but decided I’d post the recipe for Hurricane Pie.  I made two – one to cover tonight’s shitstorm and one for tomorrow’s.

*Yes, I am am aware that hurricanes Emily and Franklin both graced us this year.

5 responses to “Tomato-Cheddar Cornmeal Crust Tart & Hurricane Pie”

  1. I’ve never seen a tomato pie before, but this looks just the thing for the slightly hard but ripe box of toms we bought from the markets last week. I was already inspired to try a gazpacho soup from reading one of your posts (but ended up using a Jamie Oliver recipe which let me incorporate stale bread I had lying around).

    Hope everyone is ok and safe from Irene..

    • Irene managed to tackle some lesser tree limbs and force us to have a Sunday in pajamas so I can’t complain. The 4 kids and dog, however, are in need of an outing. Let me know how your pie turns out…make two and freeze one!

  2. I have never left a comment anywhere before. But this pie is now on my favorite list. The taste is great! And I made two batches of dough which is sooo good with the cornmeal and coconut oil -yum- so i froze it (no problem) and had it for another pie another night.Thanks for sharing this great recipe i think i used gruyere and pecorino for pie # 1. Am making more now.

      • can share this recipie of yours? the farmers markets folks drool when i tell them about it. tonight is gorgonzola with pecorino. any favorites you want to reccomend to a newbie to your site? 🙂 Maureen