Experiemental pie
My family does a pre-Thanksgiving pie event and I am always looking for something different and I am trying to clear my pantry shelves. I have some good quality lemon marmalade and am thinking of making a tart, using the marmalade as a glaze, a pastry cream and then topping it with some fruit. I am looking for suggestions for a seasonal fruit. I do have home preserved figs that are good but not beautiful. I also might try the above mentioned candied hibiscus flowers if I can get them right. Any suggestions? Thank you.
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Either layer it (from the bottom up):
1) baked pie shell, pastry cream, fresh fruit, then lemon marmalade as glaze.
2) baked pie shell, preserved figs (to hide them), pastry cream, fresh fruit as garnish or finish.
For choice of fresh fruit - see what's in your market. Probably (at least) pears and (maybe) plums.
always get Kiwi fruit, which slices nicely (if a bit 1990s) and looks good with a glaze. Persimmons are mostly what I think of as fall fruit, but don't slice so great.