Creamiest Lime Cream Meringue Pie. Minus the meringue.
As soon as I saw that this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie pick was a pie, I knew I was going to take it to my sister’s house. Because the last time I saw my nephews, they told me about how they never got dessert. How they couldn’t even remember the last time they had dessert. And then they performed a number from “Oliver!” and ran off to sweep chimneys and pick a pocket or two. Poor boys.
Oh, who am I kidding? Obviously, it worked. They look at me with those big saucer eyes, and I find myself driving an hour to deliver pie to my favorite miniature warlords/pie connaisseurs and hear about the grasshopper they saw that had the body of a beetle, the wings of a snapdragon and the head of Ben Bernanke.
So, what’s the difference between Dorie’s Creamiest Lime Cream Meringue Pie and a classic key lime pie? For a key lime pie, you whisk together the ingredients, pour the mixture into a graham cracker crust and bake. For Dorie’s pie, you heat the filling, let it cool slightly, pour it into a blender for processing, add butter, blend some more to make a buttery lime pudding, chill it for several hours, loosen it with a whisk, smooth it into a pre-baked crust (pastry or graham), whip up the meringue, run the pie under the broiler, let the pie cool and then refrigerate it for at least three hours. My only alteration to Dorie’s recipe was to top the pie with whipped cream instead of meringue, because that’s what the boys wanted. The saucer eyes! They own me.
If you’re a meringue fan or have a deep and abiding fear of sweetened condensed milk and/or instant gratification, then Dorie’s lime pie is the one for you. For the recipe, visit Linda of Tender Crumb, or pick up a copy of Dorie Greenspan’s “Baking: From My Home to Yours.”
That looks fantastic!!
OOOH! I have been craving something just like this!! I like the whipped cream topping too, that would be the choice in my house!
Yummy! This looks so fantastic. Love the whipped cream toppping. Delicious.
dear god, if i'd known what it took to make that pie we would have had a gourmet dinner. That took every culnary skill and cooking application known to man, save a toaster oven. Heavenly though, just heavenly.
Oh, you are funny…both about the recipe (i loved that!) and the nephews. I love being the aunt who bakes, but I use my powers only for good.
I laughed at the insect with Ben Bernanke head. That was hilarious!
Your pie looks awesome!!!!
Oh, it's beautiful. I love the lime zest sprinkled on top!
It looks delicious! I'm a sucker for tangy flavours like lime, lemon and gooseberries. My aunt's lemon meringue pie is fabulous. I used to get my own jar of homemade lemon butter (aka lemon curd) at Christmas and I'd eat it by the spoonful, rationing it to make it last but not wanting to adulterate it with bread. From your description, Dorie's lime pie sounds a lot more work than key lime pie. Is that the case?
What we do for those we love.
Bravo!
My guys pull those stunts on me too. The other day one of the Twins told me his buddy, that was spending the night wanted to know if I was baking? Which of course lead to yes, give me an hour.
How's you sweet niece doing? Kathryn (I remember the spelling being different)?
~ingrid
Isn't it cheating if you call it "meringue" but you didn't even use it? SHEESH! Then again I'm a sucker for my godson's saucer eyes so… Hello my name is Black Kettle. :P Love the little pops of green against the whipped cream from the zest. I'm jacking that idea for Thanks giving. PS-Where you been on Twitter? I'm having EP tweet withdrawals…
CB @ iheartfood4thought
Your pie looks incredible!!! You are a great aunt!! Hope the boys enjoyed their dessert!!
Glad those boys finally got some dessert! I love the way it's decorated.
Funny you mention Oliver because I'd totally be all "Please sir, I want some more" with this pie!
My niece has the same effect o me, every time I see her, I must have treats with me! I loved whipped cream with this, yours looks lovely
ah so you have saucer eyed boys in your life too, eh? mine is my little brother. although, he doesn't SAY much (unless its about dinosaurs) those eyes say enough :)
beautiful pie!
Aw, you old softie. Much as I loved the appearance of the meringue peaks and swirls, I think whipped cream would have tasted better on this pie. Yours looks lovely.
Gorgeous pie – love the whipped cream topping!
That is one beauty of a pie. Seriously, you are a great aunt!
I like the whipped cream and the way you piped it. Beautiful!
My brother has two boys, and as their auntie it is my mission to spoil them every opportunity I get! Your beautiful pie was the perfect way to indudge your little nephews.
Rebecca, thanks for baking along with me this week!
I would have been a sucker for cute eyes and an "Oliver!" number as well! Yours looks great, and I bet those boys appreciated it like none other :)
Hehehe. It looked pretty labor intensive.