Lemon Pie?

[ilovesparkles]

Ok so a few weeks ago someone was kind enough to post a delicious looking lemon pie recipe! Well I bought the ingredients finally and juiced the lemons tonight. I will finish the pie tomorrow! So I thought I would just tease you all with a little "eye candy" this evening! Hehehe Here is the hard labor of juicing 6 lemons by hand. Before the juice was triple strained.....

Hopefully tomorrow I will have the finished product to show you all!

 

[monarch64]

OMG, you are hilarious Ilovesparkles! The more I read your posts, the more you crack me up! LOL! I''m not part of the original lemon pie threads, but I''ve read them, and they are hysterical! Mara and Deco, and can''t remember who else will surely get a kick out of this!!! I''m betting that someone will ask you to make and photograph your kiwi pie-making skills sooner or later, ha ha!

ROFL!

 

[Kaleigh]

Haha!! Too funny. I was away when all the Lemon pie references were made. Came back from vacation and was like HUH?? Anyway, I loved learning the meaning behind it and yes MS Deco does prefer Kiwi pie. Me I love''em all.

 

[monarch64]

So, my only question is: are you going to top it with homemade meringue????

I LOVE me some meringue!

 

[ilovesparkles]

Date: 5/27/2006 12:54:05 AM
Author: monarch64
OMG, you are hilarious Ilovesparkles! The more I read your posts, the more you crack me up! LOL! I''m not part of the original lemon pie threads, but I''ve read them, and they are hysterical! Mara and Deco, and can''t remember who else will surely get a kick out of this!!! I''m betting that someone will ask you to make and photograph your kiwi pie-making skills sooner or later, ha ha!

ROFL!

Thanks monarch! Yea I got the silly idea one day when Mara told me to make lemonade outta my lemons and I just about fell out of my chair. What? Make lemonade? Sacreligious! So I think it was Blueroses but could be totally wrong, I should go back and check, thatr posted a good looking recipe after I asked. I had Key Lime at a restaurant for my grad. ceremony and thought, I really gotta make that lemon pie! I can''t wait! My mom has the best pastry crust in the world which I will use for this baby! As for merigue, I think I''ll be going with whipped topping from heavy cream and confectioner''s sugar. When I was younger I was never a meringue fan. Perhaps the next pie

Oh and if you want a good mental image - I had to get creative to strain the juice! First I used a small holed cheese grater, and then a tea ball. It was all I had. Wow I am laughing at myself asking should I really be posting that info. Pretty soon I will be the PS dork!

 

[ilovesparkles]

Yes indeed it was blueroses that posted this recipe for me.

Lemon Pie Copyright 2003, Cheryl Smith, All Rights Reserved

Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Medium
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Inactive Prep Time: 3 hours
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Yield: 2 pies or 1 deep-dish pie
User Rating:


4 whole eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup fresh lemon juice
1 cup heavy cream
2 pre-baked piecrusts
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Whisk the eggs, sugar, lemon juice and heavy cream together in a bowl. Strain and skim any foam.

Pour into prebaked pie shells, and bake for about 15 to 20 minutes, or until the filling just sets, and center jiggles. Cool completely.

This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.

Episode#: DP1A18
Copyright © 2003 Television Food Network, G.P., All Rights Reserved

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[Mara]

The only way to top REAL lemon pie is with REAL WHIPPED CREAM!!!

I''m so happy to hear you are going the authentic route sparkles...mmmmmm...please post some pictures of the finished product for us to drool over. There''s nothing like lemon pie, no matter what the kiwi lovers say!

 

[Lorelei]

Bah - some people just love to torment us lemon pie lovers!

Kiwi fans don't have any tastebuds!

 

[decodelighted]

HEE HEE. You gals crack me right up.

CONFESSION: last weekend I was at this little farm stand/deli type place that sells mini indivdual pies. Like 3 inches across but still look like "real pies". Guess what I picked out of the whole bunch. LEMON!!!!! And it was good. Oh it was good. No whipped cream though.

So ... I kinda consider this "payback" for all the lovely Chris & Elliott fans who swooped in and helped crown TAYLOR king of the AI prom.

Lemon Pie. It''s good & good for you. When there''s no Kiwi around.

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 5/27/2006 9:43:30 AM
Author: decodelighted
HEE HEE. You gals crack me right up.


Lemon Pie. It's good & good for you. When there's no Kiwi around.

You are still a pie traitor Deco. You just won't admit defeat and agree that lemon is far better than kiwi

 

[ilovesparkles]

Update: Well I just finished mixing the crust. Its in the freezer stiffening so I have to wait awhile before I can make the filling. I''m afraid its so hot the butter practically melted before I could mix it with the flour. So we will see how it turns out. This is the first crust I have ever made without my mother

Hopefully I can uphold her perfection!

BTW I had never heard of kiwi pie until I came on PS. Sounds a little weird

 

[firebirdgold]

Any chance you could post the pie crust recipe? Or is it a family secret?

 

[blueroses]

This is hilarious!!!!! Yep, I found it on the food network website and thought it looked good....can''t wait to hear how it turned out!! The image of you triple-straining through a cheese grater and tea ball is REALLY funny!!!

I also missed the whole Lemon Pie saga stuff but I have certainly enjoyed the aftermath!

Deco, I bought a bunch of kiwi at costco yesterday and thought of you

 

[Kaleigh]

I will forever associate Deco with Kiwi anything. Hey Deco my husband loves Kiwi pie, hehe.

 

[ilovesparkles]

Well ladies I am finally enjoying my pie! I was going to post pics as I went but that just got annoying. So here is the crust as I was fitting it into the pie dish.....

 

[ilovesparkles]

Here is the pie before I stuck it in the oven. And that is the cup of froth I had to skim off the filling. I tried to make lemon curd with it but failed miserably! Oh well.

 

[ilovesparkles]

Right out of the oven.

 

[ilovesparkles]

And finally after cooling while I watched a movie...... ready to dig in!

 

[ilovesparkles]

Are you ready for the best pic of them all???????







































































































































Ready yet?

 

[ilovesparkles]

This has been edited once more. LOL. Sorry, my mom didn't like my directions so I had to change them!

Overall its a darn good pie! I cooked it for probably twice as long as the recipe says. Its still a little running in the very center so perhaps it needs a pinch of cornstarch or another egg. Something to firm it up just a bit. But otherwise it is delicious. Pretty potent so you better like your lemon! Some might add less lemon juice and that extra egg instead. I used a large pie pan but it was only enough for the one which I had a suspicion of. Oh and the crust Indie, no prob we got it out of a cook book but it is to die for and you will soon see why....

3 cups flour
2 sticks butter
8 tbsp. ice water(may vary)

Cut butter into flour with pastry cutter or two knives until pea size. Add ice water. Stir with fork until it is just moistened. Gather into a ball with cold hands. Flour lightly and wrap in waxed or parchment paper. Chill in fridge for 1 hr. or freezer 20 minutes. Roll out. This amount made my bottom crust with a little left over but not enough for a lattice.

The wonderful part I am enjoying now, I had just enough juice to make a fresh cup of lemonade on this hot May afternoon! Enjoy! Anyone in TC, MN want to come over, discuss diamonds and eat pie???

 

[Kaleigh]

You did a great job!!! I am very impressed!!! I love the presentation you did. I bet it was yummy!!!

 

[Mara]

wow fabulous!!! i really want some pie now!! think the indian place we are going to tonite will have lemon pie? hehee.

i always hate when recipes followed perfectly don''t give you the right results. bake twice as long? yikes!

so did you love it? other than it being super strong lemon? i may have to try my hand at it! i love lemon stuff!

 

[FireGoddess]

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Yummy. Although Alj and I both damn well know that key lime pie is the best!!!

Still, looks good enough to eat! I never make my own crust - I''m so lazy like that.

 

[hlmr]

Date: 5/27/2006 9:57:15 PM
Author: FireGoddess
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Yummy. Although Alj and I both damn well know that key lime pie is the best!!!

Still, looks good enough to eat! I never make my own crust - I''m so lazy like that.

Actually, I think Al will concede that lemon is far superior to keylime (if she is cornered)! Sshhhh

 

[FireGoddess]

NO WAY! Is she a key lime poser? I can''t believe it. More for me.

Don''tcha want some? Ya know ya do....
(note: I couldn''t have made such a bootiful key lime pie. But I sure do want it.)

 

[hlmr]

O.k. FG, you have made a convert of me!!! Your keylime is BEEEUUUUUTTTTFULLLL!!

 

[FireGoddess]

Heeheehee - another notch on my wooden stirring spoon. Mwahahahhaha.

I seriously could eat some of that lemon pie right now, ILS, even though it''s not lime. No fair tempting us.

 

[Mara]

Heather, you cheap convert!!! All it took was an image of the pie and you BAILED on lemon pie love. Traitor!

 

[FireGoddess]

Hey now - back away from my new convert. She could be swayed back by a silvertongue like you.

 

[ilovesparkles]

LOL this is hilarious! I too love key lime, had some the other night actually. This lemon recipe needs to be tweeked still. Hey Mara you gonna try?