Love Letter Pies

Love Letter Pies

This is a great Valentine’s Day treat to make with your partner or kids!

Step 1: Make a batch of your favorite pie crust recipe. For these photos I used the one from the Crisco package (mainly because I needed to get rid of the Crisco…) but a classic crust or store bought will also work.

Step 2: Roll the pie dough out into diamonds.

Step 3: Cut little hearts out of the scraps, use a cookie cutter or free style it- your choice.

Step 4: Scoop about 1 tsp of your favorite jam or filling onto the diamond. (I used PC Raspberry jam because someone left it in my airbnb) Something red is encouraged but not mandatory.

Step 5: Fold in the corners to make your envelope and place the heart on top. Add a little water to the bottom side of the heart if it won’t stick.

Step 6: Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until your desired golden brown is acquired.

Step 7: Enjoy!

Roasted Garlic and Tomato Pasta Sauce

Once again tomato season is upon us and I am experimenting with 2 of my favorite recipes to (hopefully) make something delicious.

Combining my regular pasta sauce and tomato soup recipe to hopefully make a delicious roasty and garlicy sauce.

Roasted Garlic and Tomato Pasta Sauce

I roasted about 3 Lbs (1 sheet pan) of roma tomatoes and garlic cloves, they were drizzled with lots of olive oil and salt and pepper.

Roast in the oven for 45 minutes at 425 degrees farehneight.

While the tomatoes roasted I caramelized an onion and sauteed a green pepper to really bring out their flavours.

Once everything was cooked and cooled it all went into the food processor (chunks are not a favorite in this house) then popped into a big pop with a can of tomato paste and tomato sauce (just go no name guys- best bang for your buck especially right now)

For herbs I thew in 1 TBSP of parsley, basil, garlic powder, cilantro and oregano. I also added in some vegan “cheese” since it was in the fridge.

I let this witches brew simmer for about 3 hours and I have to say the results were absolutely fantastic. The taste was sweet yet savory still, it was not too runny nor was it too thick. I know I’ll never be able to make it quite like this again but I will certainly be using this technique going forward.

Final Product: Penne pasta with local lean ground beef and homemade roasted tomato pasta sauce