Apparently, March 14th is Pi Day. Bill says next year will be extra special, as it will be 3.1415, but I digress.
Pi day is a thing around Bill's work and last year everyone brought in a pi(e) to share with their co-workers. Bill asked me to make a pi(e) for him to take because last year he didn't know the drill and therefore didn't bring a pi(e). He said most folks brought fruit pies, so he thought it would be nice to take something savory. His favorite sandwich of all sandwiches is the rueben, so he asked if I could make some sort of rueben pi(e). After a bit of research online, I decided I could at least make a valiant effort!
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| Short crust pastry with thousand island dressing |
I tried to make short crust pastry from scratch for the first time, and that was an absolute fail. I had to run out to the store and quickly purchase a portion of short crust pastry. Thankfully, they have things like that around here without a bunch of creepy chemicals laced throughout.
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| Stuffed with corned beef, sauerkraut, and swiss cheese |
With the short crust pastry rolled out, I added layers of thousand island dressing, swiss cheese, sliced corned beef, sauerkraut, and more swiss cheese.
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| Add a decorative top crust & sprinkle with caraway seeds |
I rolled out the top layer of crust and had just enough extra dough to make a Pi symbol for the top. Brushed on some olive oil and caraway seeds and it was off to the oven!
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| Voila! Rueben Pie! |
The end result turned out pretty darned good, if I do say so myself! I wish I had delivered the pi(e) to Bill's work with the remaining thousand island for a dipping sauce, but a first time recipe can always be improved!
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