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Apple Pie Day
“Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.”
- Jane Austen (1775-1817)
’Tis the season for the warm goodness of mulled cider and the comforting aroma of apple pie! Imagine these holiday treats distilled into their vibrant, colorful essence—it might look something like this radiant Christmas coloured tartan! This namesake tartan recalls the scents of tart apples mingling with cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger, cardamom, and cloves capture the very spirit of Christmas cooking. And for Christmas carolers, a steaming cup of spiced cider—complete with the quintessential cinnamon stick—can be the perfect inspiration to hit those high notes. But while you're contemplating these lovely complements to the tartan, depending on your culinary region, you might recall the the great apple pie debate of whether or not to top your apple pie with a bit of cheese! While fans of apple pie with cheese are sprinkled across the globe, their strongest footholds remain in the American Midwest, New England, parts of Canada, and Britain. In Yorkshire, apple pie was classically paired with Wensleydale, while early New England settlers adapted by using colonial Cheddar. Today, recipes honoring this tradition often include Wensleydale, Cheddar, and even more robust options like Gouda, Gruyere, Roquefort, or Parmesan! so only two questions remain, would you don this appley-dappley tartan? And would you like a slice of cheese with that? 😀 ❤️ 💚 🍎 🍏 🥧 🧀
“Thy breath is like the steeme of apple pies.”
~ Robert Green (1589)
December 3rd marks Apple Pie Day for the latter half of the year as this dessert so popular that it has multiple days in which it is celebrated, not to mention the apple pie equivalent of a beverage, mulled cider.
The first references to apple pies occurs in 1381. 14th century pies were very different from modern pies, as they did not contain sugar and the pastry (coffins) were generally not meant to be eaten, but used as a container for the filling only. Although sugar was available during this period, it was very scarce and extremely expensive.
According to historians, one of the first records of the modern apple pie comes from a cookbook compiled around 1390 by one of the master cooks of King Richard II - "Tak gode Applys and gode Spryeis and Figys and reyfons and Perys and wan they are wel ybrayed co-lourd wyth Safron wel and do yt in a cofyn and do yt forth to bake well."
Apple pie was brought to the American colonies by the British, Dutch, and Swedes during the 17th and 18th centuries. Even though there were no native apples except crabapples, which yielded very small and sour fruit, the apple pie developed a following, enhanced by subsequent plantings of European varieties selected for their cooking qualities.
For a modern take on an old classic, click the spices for a recipe for Homemade Apple Pie with Chai Spices from Sally's Baking Addiction which includes: cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, ginger, black pepper, sugar, and vanilla.