Apple pie and cheese

Mrs OC thinks I am nuts, but when she makes one of her delicious apple pies with the lard in the crust and the whole 9 yards, I love to eat it with a nice chunk of good sharp cheddar cheese.

Here is a Yelp discussion of this very subject:
http://www.yelp.com/topic/boston-can-anyone-explain-cheddar-cheese-on-apple-pie-to-me

That's not nuts to me.  When I was a kid, we always had cheese on apple pie.  Also, my mother made an apple pie that had shredded cheddar baked into the crust.

I remember my father saying, "apple pie without cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze".

Does it have to be a certain type of apple pie to have cheese on it? Does dutch apple qualify?

I seem to recall seeing that on restaurant menu's many years ago. Think they would melt a slice right on top of the pie. It's not bad but I would normally prefer vanilla ice cream.

I've had Cheese on my apple pie maybe 3-4 times in my lifetime. Thought the taste was unusual but OK.
I think the key would be good quaility sharp cheddar.

Foodbme


I've had Cheese on my apple pie maybe 3-4 times in my lifetime. Thought the taste was unusual but OK.
I think the key would be good quaility sharp cheddar.

 
Chedder is fine and is the norm, but Bleu works out pretty tasty too.

ces1948


I seem to recall seeing that on restaurant menu's many years ago. Think they would melt a slice right on top of the pie. It's not bad but I would normally prefer vanilla ice cream.

 
How about both???.
 I just made a home made pie with lattice work top and I brushed syrup and brown sugar on the lattice and it sure did brown pretty.  I used Granny Smith apples with brown sugar, cinnamon, a little lime juic and a little salt,  some water and some flour.  It came out very pretty and crispy.
 
Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN 

A nice chuck of extra sharp cheddar.
 
 

I love apple pie
I love Sharp Cheddar (ok most cheese)
 
But together I just never got it!

With apple pie, I will melt the sharp cheese on top in the microwave, the I will a scoop of vanilla ice cream.  The mixture of the sharp chesse, with tartness of the apples and sweetness of the ice cream is amazing.
 
Walt

Classic New England Breakfast. !

totillie


Classic New England Breakfast. !

 
Along with eggs, red flannel hash and a cup of hot mulled cider!  That's what I had at the Publik House in Sturbridge Mass.

I'm a fan also. The sharper the cheese the better!
 
There was a taco place when I was a kid that would fill a tortilla with apple pie filling and nacho cheese, they called it an Apple Gomez. I loved those things.

I like American cheese on Apple Pie.

I've never had this combination, but LOVE Stilton with pears or apples.  I guess it would work.

chewingthefat


I like American cheese on Apple Pie.

I'm pretty sure that was what was served in most of the Diners and Cafe's when I was coming up. I honestly don't know if I heard of Cheddar until I was grown.

Me too!!--chedder please--slightly melted!and coffe "regular!"--as they say back in my New England hometown!