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”
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!
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.
Hi Maureen! Thanks so much for commenting…and for making the pie. Smart of you to make extra dough!
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