Any way you slice it, a piece of pie can be good for the soul. Pie Cloud is marking the season with a creation that takes pie to new heights.
The Big Orchard Pie is layered, lavish and designed to be the star of any fall table.
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The team at Pie Cloud loves to say that fall is the Super Bowl of the pie world — “the one time of year everyone’s attention focuses on pie above all other baked goods,” says Maureen DePatie, who started Pie Cloud a decade ago.
Apple is the perennial favourite, but to celebrate the changing of the seasons, Pie Cloud always introduces a little something that’s new. This year, that’s the Big Orchard Pie. “Like a wooden nesting doll or a multi-layered turducken, it’s a pie within a pie within a pie,” she says with a laugh.
“It starts with a small pear-and-apple pie, which is nestled into one of our large, full-size cranberry-and-apple pies, which is then all encased in a very large apple pie that is shaped akin to a lady’s hat box, with straight, upright sides,” she says.
“It’s finished off with a large lattice weave pastry topping, fall leaf cut-outs and candied cranberries. The final garnish is decoration of our toasted Italian meringue.”
It isn’t cheap but it’s as hefty as its description sounds, and it’s loaded with fruit and distinct layers of pastry. And measuring more than 12 inches in diameter, it weighs close to 10 pounds. If you’re looking to make a Thanksgiving statement this fall — or you simply want a showstopper dessert for a dinner party or your Insta feed, this may be just what you need.
Pie Cloud | piecloud.ca | Big Orchard Pie, $119
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