here's one of mine, it's super easy and sounds all impressive since it's in another language, and to describe it in english sounds all fancy too.

tarte tatin a.k.a. french caramel apple upside down pie.

4 the pie shell
stick of butter
lightly beaten egg
cold water
pinch of salt
1 2/3 cups all purpose flour, sifted

for the filling
1/2 stick of butter
3/4 cup of sugar
roughly ten crisp apples, i prefer gala apples cos they r sweeter, but u can use granny smith or any other variety that is CRISP and holds up well to being baked
some more sugar for sprinkling

DIE reck shuns -

cut the butter into the flour until u have roughly small pea size lumps left. mix in the salt and prepare the egg by adding about a tablespoon of COLD water and dumping it in. mix it until it just comes together, if needed add slightly more water until it is all JUST wet enough to hold together. if it's still kinda clumpy falling apart, that's ok so long as u can mush it all together into a ball and flatten into a thick disk the moisture will permeate the dough while it relaxes in the refrigerator for about an hour wrapped in plastic.

peel and slice the apples into at least 8ths if not 10ths or 12ths.
now get started making the filling in an ovensafe pan for ur stove (a nice ovensafe 10" saute pan is good). heat the butter, sprinkle the sugar over it and maybe a tablespoon of water or so to get it started. once u got ur caramel goin good, remove to either extremely low heat or just off the heat completely. begin placing the apples vertically around the outside of the pan until it has a ring, then move inside and do another ring of apples, and again, etc. u should have concentric rings of vertically placed apples. try to keep them as close together as possible with a minimum of gaps. also just for a nice effect if you have the apples sort of lean to one side on one ring and in the opposite direction in the next, when u unmold ur pie u have a fancy looking domino layer effect. u'll see when u make it. this isn't exact as they are cut apples of different dimensions, do ur best, it'll be fine. sprinkle sugar over the top of ur apples and put back on medium heat and allow the caramel to cook some more and bubble thru ur rings of stacked apples. once the caramel permeates all the filling, and u see it bubble thru remove from heat. now roll out ur pastry dough until it would just overlap the edges of ur pan by not more than an inch. trim it up a bit if needed with a pizza cutter. make folds inwards and underneath the dough as it is placed on top of the apples in the pan. make the folds at roughly 1 ince intervals for a nice "fancy" border appearance. u can do this.. it's EASY! make some holes in the pie crust with a knife to allow steam to escape, bake in a 400F degree oven for 20 - 25 minutes... maybe even 30? allow it to rest AT LEAST 15 minutes before u even think about possibly considering to unmold it. if u can let it rest longer, even better, it gives the apples time to set against one another instead of sliding around against one another while it's still hot. when ur ready to unmold, slap a plate large enough to exceed the edge of ur pan by at least a half inch and then flip it. u might have to give it a little tap to loosen, but not likely. just flip away from urself so u don't have any juice splash u. caramel apple juice can stain. u can dress it with another sprinkling of sugar, this time large granule sugar. looks pretty. or dust it with powdered sugar, then slice and serve lukewarm or even room temp with whipped cream or ice cream or both. or whatever u like to serve ur apple pies with... it's ur frickin pie eat it with cheddar cheese if u gotta. do ur thing, enjoy. bon appetit

now if u'll excuse me, i gotta get ready for my baking class tonite, we're making a wide variety of pies if i remember correctly. key lime, lemon chess, buttermilk, apple, sour cream peach, pecan maybe? i don't remember all the pies the chef professor said we're making. chow now

i'm sure i'll tell ya 'bout it later.

Lemon Meringue Pie is my all time fav...Edwards makes a great one...

I make a good Lemon meringue too! My favorite is pumpkin....I've never tried making one myself.

I love peach pie!

I love apple with crumbs on top,pumpkin is my favorite,mince meat is good too.

hair pie

I don't eat pies...YUK!!!

my current fave is pecan!

how did i kno someone would make a referrence like this one?

cos i would have made a similar statement. hahaha... only u can keep the hair, leave me the pie. ;)

mmm..coconutcream pie

Chocolate, coconut cream, cherry, and apple.

Chocolate cream, banana cream, fresh blueberry pie

I love Blackberry pie.

so i jes got home from class. stupid train was runnin behind schedule by a whole half hour, i'm waiting outside after class for 40 some minutes freezin in my little chef coat w/short sleeves and i've got the freakin swine flu. it's like damn i don't need this! ennywei, so in class we made some sour cream topped cream cheese pie, sort of like a cheesecake. very rich. then we made a chocolate cream pie with whipped cream topping and i had everyone get creative and do semi-sweet chocolate shavings with my peeler to decorate their pies. then also key lime pie, and for that i asked the instructor to procure some limes to use as garnish which he managed when the fat jack@$$ who watches the pantry stepped out for a minute. our chef instructor/professor is KEWL as a fan!! so he brought out a couple limes, i sliced enough for everyone to decorate their pie with a lime wheel sliced thru the middle so they could split it into like an S shape and lay it standing up on the pie instead of flat. and also i zested the lime rind and also shaved some of the rind and ultra-fine julienne to use as garnish. plus whipped cream of course.

turned out nicely. left the chocolate pie on top of ol girl's car she was at work, i didn't wanna make a fuss at her place of work so i jes left it on her car and didn't say anything to her. let's see if she even calls me to acknowledge that gesture, then i'll kno for sure if she's worth gettin all twisted up about. anyone wanna lay odds on her calling me vs. not calling me? maybe we can start a pool and see how long it takes to close it out. she'll prolly be gettin off work here in the next hour n a half mebbe 2 hours, but maybe even sooner. no tellin, it's a cold thursday nite.

ennywei gaiz, i hope u all had a better day than me and life is treatin u better, cos life's been treatin me like an ugly red-headed step-child with buck teeth and freckles. terrible!

effin swine flu!!

cheesecake and pumpkin pie ...the only way any of my spoiled kids will eat pumpkin pie now

cocunut chess

Strawberry rhubarb.. ala mode is awesome too.

my favorite!!!!!!!

Two all time favorites...Blackberry and banana creme pies

i wanna make like a banana pudding pie. that would be YUMMAY!! i love banana pudding. the crust would be nilla wafers and it would have more nilla wafers in the custard, and also sprinkled on top and placed as garnish, plus whipped cream and bananas.

forget it, just plain ol naner puddin. can't beat it. why mess with perfection??

blue bell makes a banana pudding ice cream. amazing! different story that one. blue bell that is.