Yesterday my mom and I ventured out into the unknown streets of Denver to fulfill our curiosity and test our rusty baking skills. I found several cooking classes they offer in Denver online and found a class that sounded like a lot of fun. It was a Pies and Tarts class. Pies have never been my forte and I wanted to learn how to make yummy pies. So I asked my mom who was also really excited and the rest is history.
There were 6 recipes this school was going to teach us how to make. Pear and Cranberry Pie with a lattice crust, Eggnog Chiffon Pie with a Ginger Snap crust, Chocolate Silk Pie, Maple Pumpkin Pie with a Walnut crust, Apple Tart with a Carmel Sauce and to keep it a little healthy a Tomato Herb Tart with garlic and olive oil. YUMMY!
When we got there the teacher taught us how to make a flawless crust and then split us up into groups. Each group would make one of the pies and so we could all enjoy eating them at the end. Mom got assigned to the Apple Tart and I was assigned to the Tomato Tart. Here are the results...
The finished uncooked tomato tart!
Mom making her Apple Tart
The tomato tart all finished. You can not even imagine how incredible this was. It was by far my favorite of all the recipes and I don't even care too much for tomatoes.
Moms finished Apple Tart- divine. It was hot and thick with juices and caramels. Lip smacking! 
Ours got taken out of the oven at the same time
About to partake of our hard labor
I was excited :-)
This was one of the funnest classes I have ever taken. Everyone was so nice and funny. There were all ages and sexes so it was a nice variety. And I learned a lot! I really had not much experience with Pies so I got my fingers dirty and I feel alright about it. My favorite (and everyone elses) was the tomato tart. My least favorite was the Eggnog pie. It was so gross! Because it had alcohol in it (cooked out, not to worry) and it was nasty. I couldn't even finish it. The Pear Pie was absolutely marvelous! It was a little tart because of the cranberries yet sweet because of the caramel juices that form in the oven. Oh- so yummy.
Then after all of the pies were in the oven the teacher went through each recipe and gave us variations for them! So these were all so versatile and easy. I loved it! I'll bet I have around 25 recipes from this one 3 hour class. Love it.
There are several other classes that we want to take. It was so much fun. I want to take like all of them. And I want to bring my dad, Valerie and Daniel. I'll post the recipes if you want, when I have the desire to go all the way out to the car and get them:-) So thats my update. I can now make a pie!
