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Cooking with Vlad or a Secret Recipe for Russian Apple Pie
In today’s newsletter, I will be giving away my Grandmother’s secret recipe on How to Bake a Russian Apple Pie. For those of you who are looking for tips on QA automation, please stop reading right now- (more tips to come in the next newsletters), go home and have a Happy Thanksgiving!
For those die-hards wondering how to bake a great apple pie, or are looking for a last-minute "original" recipe for the Thanksgiving table, stick around.
Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving and everyone is either beginning to cook and bake or is planning to start really early tomorrow morning, I decided today not to talk about work!
Tomorrow morning my boys and I will be baking an Apple Pie. (Some might refer to it as an apple cake. Either way, it tastes great!). So here it is a “secret” recipe that stayed in my family for as far as I remember. Enjoy!
Recipe:
Ingredients:
2 sticks of chilled butter (200g)
3 cups flour
1 egg
1 cup sugar (200g)
½-cup sugar
15 apples (~5lbs), washed, peeled, cored, and cut into pieces
1 cup cranberries (optional)
Utensils:
2 medium-sized mixing bowls
1 large mixing bowl
1 cookie sheet or baking dish
In one mixing bowl, cut the butter into thumbnail-sized pieces and mix with flour by hand. Don't over mix them.
In a separate bowl, mix 1 egg with 1 cup of sugar. Combine the two mixtures in a larger bowl and mix by hand.
Place the apples in a saucepan, cover with water, add ½-cup sugar, and bring the water to a boil. If you are a big fan of cranberries you can add 1 cup. Reduce heat at let the apples simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and drain.
Pre-heat the oven to 375 °F. Grease the cookie sheet or baking dish and line with 2/3 of the flour mixture. Place the apples on the pastry-lined sheet/dish, and cover with the remaining flour mixture. Place in the oven and bake for 1 hour.
Remove from oven, and stick the end of a wooden matchstick in the pie. If it comes out clean, the pie is ready; if not, cook for 5-10 minutes and re-check.
While hot, cut in 2-inch square pieces. Serve cold. (Pieces in the middle are for guests. Pieces on the edges are for kids)
I have to disappoint those of you who are wondering if qaSignature is moving away from qa automation business into Martha Stewart’s space. Even so, we all enjoy cooking and baking, but planning to stick to what we do best – help companies reduce testing time!
Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
Please follow this link to let me know how the Apple Pie came out!
If you are looking for a printable version of this letter to stick it on your refrigerator please follow this link.
Vlad Shamis
Founder and CEO, qaSignature
About qaSignature
At qaSignature we are dedicated to helping companies establish confidence that their software is reliable and does not degrade over time.
Don't get mad call Vlad: (857) 229-1060
E-mail us: vshamis@qasignature.com
Web: www.qasignature.com
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111 S. Bedford St.
Suite 100
Burlington, MA 01803
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