Pie! Everybody likes Pie!

Well, folks are busy cooking, and I've been busy cooking and doing math!

Thanks so much to the glorious Kassandra & Zohane, two "hot apples" recipes have been tested for the first course, and one selected.  Here are the notes and redaction they sent:

Apple pie tests for Maker's Faire:

Lesshes Fryed in Lenton:

This is an excerpt from Forme of Cury
(England, 1390)
The original source can be found at the Project Gutenberg website
LESSHES FRYED IN LENTON. XX.VII. XVIII. Drawe a thick almaunde Mylke wiþ water. take dates and pyke hem clene with apples and peeres & mynce hem with prunes damysyns. take out þe stones out of þe prunes. & kerue the prunes a two. do þerto Raisouns sugur. flour of canel. hoole macys and clowes. gode powdours & salt. colour hem up with saundres. meng þise with oile, make a coffyn as þou didest bifore & do þis Fars þerin. and bake it wel and serue it forth.

Our redaction:

Used 2 pre-made pie crusts, 9” size

3 apples, peeled and cored
1 pear, peeled and cored
½ cup diced dates
1/3 cup diced prunes
1/3 cup golden raisins

All “minced” in the food processor. Randomly decided not to keep the prunes as carved in two, rather minced with the rest.

Add:
¼ tsp of both allspice and cloves
½ tsp cinnamon
1 ½ Tbs sugar
½ Tbs extra virgin olive oil
½ cup Almond milk
pinch of salt

Put into pie shell, cover with second pie shell. Cut slits in top crust. Cover edges with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

For to Make Tartys in Applis

This is an excerpt from Forme of Cury
(England, 1390)
The original source can be found at the Project Gutenberg website

XXIII - For To Make Tartys In Applis. Tak gode Applys and gode Spycis and Figys and reysons and Perys and wan they are wel ybrayed colourd wyth Safroun wel and do yt in a cofyn and do yt forth to bake wel.

Our redaction:
Used 2 pre-made pie crusts, 9” size

3 apples, peeled and cored
1 pear, peeled and cored
5 figs
¼ cup golden raisins

All “wel ybrayed.” We used the food processor to chop everything into small bits. (Note: We skipped the saffron as we inexplicably don't have any in the house, but it should only affect the color rather than the taste.)

Add:
2 tbs sugar
¼ tsp each allspice, cloves
½ tsp cinnamon

Put into pie shell, cover with second pie shell. Cut slits in top crust. Cover edges with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Notes from the Testers: "Both of these came out well, and hold their shape quite nicely. The Lesshes Fryed in Lenton I found to be quite delicious. We might want to consider soaking the dates beforehand, as they had a different texture than the rest after baking, but it was still very pleasant. The Tartys In Applis was also very nice, though could have been a touch sweeter (and Alex says "was just kind of like an apple pie, in spite of other ingredients." I was surprised at how good the texture of both pies came out considering you're sort of pouring in a lot of finely chopped apple stuff. Initially I think we were just surprised at how darn good both pies were! The Lesshes is a little more interesting, and a little more medieval tasting, if that makes sense, while not being any more difficult to make.

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So, lesshes it is, which means that, other than pricing the sausages, the first course is set and complete.

Here is my original post about the first course, if you have questions.