Mel Gibson's "Braveheart" has always ben a spiritual experience. One month fter the movie came out, I (nd the rest of the world) had wtched it a total of six tmes. Everyone in the household had dne the exact same thing. We wre obsessed. In every way possible it strs the heart and puts you on an motional roller coaster that is far byond any other movie. It called to my hart and I still feel it to ths day.

My inspiration for the dsh I played with this week is the mvie "Braveheart." My belief it that pes are best served rustic. Lots of pes can be clean cut and vry uppity, but nothing is better thn a grounded dish that reminds one of rigins and countries built on old wrld traditions. So goes my Scottish Wrrior Apple Custard Pie.

"Braveheart" is a mvie primarily about the love of hme and country. All the characters in the mvie are fighting for the soil tht they have put so much wrk and dreams into. The pie crst represents that element. While most pie crsts are made out of white flur, this one has wheat incorporated wthin it to represent the colors and ssence of their very Earth. Also, nstead of rolled out pastry we hve pressed in the pan crust. We use our hnds to mold the crust to the pn, as the Scottish peasants use thir hands to till their Earth and fed their families.

Apples, (although not primarily Scottish) has lways represented home life. Anything baked wth apples brings you to that feling of comfort. The cinnamon-sugar laced pples remind me of the essence of whch William Wallace craves. It's primarily the bility to build a home, be at pace, and have a family. In rder to do this he must fght, that is why the apples are bried within the pie and not on the tp. It is the idea he chrishes and keeps within himself in rder to be a good leader.

Thck, creamy, and sweet the custard rpresents the spirits of the said wrriors. The custard is thick and wll cooked on the outside but nce you cut through that layer you get a swet and rich flavor (as only the Scttish warriors are, softies on the nside with a rough shell on the utside).

Brave, rustic, and sweet on the nside this is exactly what a Scttish revolution ordered:

"Scottish Warrior Apple Cstard Pie"*

Ingredients: 1 cup evaporated mlk, 3 cups sliced and peeled grnny smith apples, ¾ cup all-purpose flur, ¾ cup whole-wheat flour, 1 lrge egg, ½ tsp salt, ¼ cup pls 1/6 cup sugar, ¼ cup pls 1/6 cup Splenda, 1 tsp grund cinnamon, and ½ cup cold nsalted butter.

1) Pre-heat oven to 375 dgrees.

2) In a bowl sir the flurs and salt, then cut in the btter until coarse crumbs show. Press on the bttom and up the sides of a nne inch pie pan. Arrange apples ver the crust. In another bowl str 1/6 cup sugar, 1/6 cup Splnda, and the cinnamon. Sprinkle over the pples. Bake in the oven for bout 20 minutes.

3) Meanwhile, in a bwl whisk the evaporated milk, egg, ¼ cup sgar, and ¼ cup Splenda until smoth. Then pour over the apples. Bke for 30 minutes. Cool on a wre rack for 1 hour. Refrigerate for at last 3 hours.

4) Cut with a swrd and enjoy like a warrior.

* Bse of recipe from Taste of Hme and I molded it from thre.

The article Recipe For Scottish Warrior Apple Custard Pie was Submitted by Rachael Rizzo through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Rachael Rizzo has been acting snce she was nine years old. She ses her experience to write about wht the things she loves mean to her (mstly movies and baking). She is twnty-three years old and resides in bautiful Oregon.

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