Pizza Buns and Peanut Butter Cream Pie

I’m going on a ski trip tomorrow, so I was thinking about going to the Chinese bakery to pick up some bao. Scratch that. Let’s have a Chinese Italian fusion bao. Pizza buns.  Gigantic ones. Well, I had some problems with portioning the dough so one came out a little small. Great for sampling. Oh I ran out of tomato paste and improvised a second batch with ketchup instead.

Pizza buns with sausage, red onion, green pepper, parmesan and romano cheese.
Pizza buns with sausage, red onion, green pepper, parmesan and romano cheese.

I still have that leftover pie crust from last week.  I got bored of coconut cream so I tried making a peanut butter cream pie.  I substituted the regular crust for the peanut butter graham cracker crust.  Still need to work on my crust technique, but this one fell apart less than the previous one.  I used all natural peanut butter, nothing but peanuts.  It gives a less sweet taste to the filling which I like. I love my new Zwilling saucepan. It holds the heat perfectly for the chocolate ganache. Dessert anyone?

Another successful creation courtesy of Wanda’s Pie in the Sky. That has to be my favorite pie book.

Peanut butter cream pie. Peanut butter cream cheese filling topped with chocolate ganache and honey roasted peanuts.
Peanut butter cream pie. Peanut butter cream cheese filling topped with chocolate ganache and honey roasted peanuts.
Bring on the peanut butter!
Bring on the peanut butter!