Tuesdays With Dorie…Florida Pie
So this was my first Tuesdays With Dorie challenge…Florida Pie. Let me acknowledge first off that I am not a big fan of pie. I do like a good lemon meringue, and pecan pie has always been tasty. But lime? The only Key Lime pie I have ever had has been the generic boxed variety, and while not bad, it just wouldn’t be the first flavor I would reach for in the frozen foods section. So Florida Pie. Never heard of it, but Key Limes are the main ingredient, followed by coconut. Luckily, I love me some coconut…it tastes like vacation, and everyone knows how much I like to vacation.
So, because I am a slacker, I didn’t even start the recipe until last night at about 8:30. Okay, now that’s not true. I didn’t even LOOK at the recipe until 7:30, and then went to the store to buy the limes and other necessities. I really wanted to make 3 mini-pies, because I like to be able to give them away, but I didn’t have mini-pie pans, and apparantly, here in Podunk, no such item exists. At least not at the local Walmart. But they did have Key Limes, which I had already resigned myself to having to use regular limes, so that was a positive.
Okay, so it’s now 8:30, the baby’s crying, the husband is not yet home from a long day at work, and I am starting to make a graham cracker crust. Well, that was easy. Juicing the dozen Key Limes was also less difficult than I had imagined. All in all, the pie came together much easier than the Lemon Tartlets I previously posted. Reason being was that the lime filling didn’t have to be boiled and stirred and stirred and stirred. I just dumped it in the pie on top of the coconutty goo base and slipped her in the oven. Easy Peasy. I let it freeze overnite and decided to tackle the meringue after work today.
