Week #32 April 4 - 10

I have been feeling the cream based pies as of late, and this week I made a raisin and sour cream pie. I knew this wasn't going to be for everyone, because for some reason a lot of people don't like raisins.



I felt like this pie didn't turn out exactly as planned. It has a regular crust, a layer of raisins, and a layer of sour cream topping. The crust was fine. But the raisins didn't cook they way I had wanted them to. The recipe called for them to be mixed with sugar, orange zest, flour, vinegar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ground cloves. But they didn't really get to the consistency that I wanted them to. When they cooled, they hardened more than I would have liked.

The sour cream custard topping was good, but again, I don't think it thickened to the extent that it was supposed to. It wasn't runny, but I was hoping for a firmer consistency then what I got.

Overall, the pie seemed to have some people who enjoyed it. A few of my coworkers told me it was great. I hope they were serious. However, there was about 20% left over, which means that it wasn't a fan favorite. Not every pie will be though. The goal of this project was to make a different one each week. I knew going into it that there would be winner and losers.