2010-08-28 Apple Pie Apple Crumble Bakeoff @ Coach & Horses

Apple Pie / Crumble Bake Off

Saturday August 28th, from 2pm - Judging at 3pm.

The Coach and Horses, SW4 7EX

• We are able to use the kitchen to heat stuff up if required.
  
• Paper plates/bowls will be provided for serving.
  
• Slices then sold to the masses with proceeds going to the Courier Fund. BAKERS to suggest prices for slices.
  
  

Judges: Pippy, LongAndBaking, ANOther
If you would like to propose yourself to be the third judge, then let us know why ...

• One serving is presented to the judges for tasting.
  
• Marked out of: 20% presentation + 80% taste.
  
  

Rules:

• The Judges decision is final.
  
• The only FRUIT permitted is APPLE. The rest is up to you (but bear in mind who will be judging …)
  
• Pies/Crumbles have to be Vegetarian (or Vegan for Vegan categories).
  
• The BAKER decides how the dessert is to be served (hot/warm/cold, cream/custard, etc).
  
  

Pie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_pie
*An apple pie is a fruit pie (or tart) in which the principal filling ingredient is apples. It is sometimes served with whipped cream on top. Pastry is generally used top-and-bottom, making a double-crust pie, the upper crust of which may be a disk shaped crust or a pastry lattice woven of strips; exceptions are deep-dish apple pie with a top crust only, and open-face Tarte Tatin.*

Crumble: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_crumble
… usually contains stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat (usually butter), flour, and sugar…

• No tarts (sorry DJ), No strudel, No Cake, No Turnovers, No Dumplings, No Cobblers, , etc ..
  
  

Categories
(each pie/crumble may be entered into only one category).
1 Best Apple Pie
2 Best Apple Crumble
3 Best Vegan Apple Pie
4 Best Vegan Apple Crumble
5 Best Gluten Free Apple Pie/Crumble
6 Best in Show

BAKERS (DOZEN) LIST

1. Pippy & Mal
   
2. LongAndBaking
   
3. ANOther Judge TBD
   
4. Apploogah
   
5. PieBilly
   
6. Fruity_Socks
   
7. dmcgetdownintheapplezone
   8.
   

I'll have a slice of that! Is Balki assuming the role of Piemaster General?

Just formulating a recipe for bacon and apple pie actually...

I sense 2 camps.

Rhubarb or Gooseberry [pie or crumble] allowed?

I am the law.

I am the law.

If you're the law, you need to have rules and regulations to enforce.

The first rule of The Forum Apple Pie Apple Crumble Bakeoff is, you don't talk about The Forum Apple Pie Apple Crumble Bakeoff.

Tarte Tatin SMACKDOWN

Surely this should be done at the *end *of summer when apples are in season?

Tell that to those who queue outside the Apple shops right now.

I am the law.

?

I see where your all coming from.

But custard, cream, whipped cream or ice cream accompaniments

Rhubarb or Gooseberry [pie or crumble] allowed?

Urgent clarification required.

Forum Apple Pie Apple Crumble Bakeoff

Rhubarb or Gooseberry [pie or crumble] allowed?

Urgent clarification required.

Oh FFS it's an Apple Pie/Crumble bake-off.

Fucking awesome idea by the way.

I am jumping up and down with excitement..

Rhubarb or Gooseberry [pie or crumble] allowed?

I think they should be, both for the sake of variety and because it is more open to people using their own fruit, which is cool.

apples means apples ... ;)

Welcome to bring other fruity concoctions, but Hippy's judging apples ...

hippy likes them apples

and them pies

I am going to OWN crumble.

I declare myself judge.
I have, for the past 15 years, moonlighted in various Crumble/Pie Tasting roles:
Kipling was the first to hire me, straight out of Taste College, Cambridge, where I graduated with a 1st in Blind Testing Methods as a means of Experimental Psychology, followed by a low point in my career at McDonald's quality control, after a mis-tasted pear pie got through.
However, I regained international renown in the circle, and slowly developed my skill. Now I'm officiating head and spokesperson for the International Culinary Pie, Crumble and Cake Taste Testing and Classification Organisation (www.ICPCCTTCO.com), and though cake is not my specialty, my secretary, Ms. Jones, fills in for me.

So I am clearly the only one trained enough for such a role.

Hippy and Henry - like those two off Masterchef, but the pie version.

I just like the feel of worm pie's insides

can it be apple and rhubarb/blackcurrant etc?

need urgent clarification.

I'm so in, by the way.