Ginkgo has sweet sweet pie

Pecan pie, you perverts.



One of my favorite desserts is pecan pie, but it's hard to find a good one, even around here. Up around WA, the standard is the little 3" Bama brand pies. Yeah, I know they sound gross, and the crust is pretty poor, but the filling is actually really good. Down here, pecan pies are everywhere... mass produced. I guess it's kind of like apple products in WA - since it's such a ubiquitous product, not many people make it.

Well, ginkgo gave it a shot, and succeeded *beautifully*. She took the recipe from Mama Dip's, and holy crud is it amazing. Mama Dip's, for those of you not in the Triangle area, is *the* place for southern cooking. She was tapped to personally cater Pres. Clinton's visit to the area, for instance. You haven't *had* fried chicken until you've tried hers. :) And I finally understood what the big deal was with greens after going to her restaurant for the first time almost 10 years ago.

Anyway, the pie is this wonderful sugar/egg/butter concoction with pecans perfectly cooked throughout, and the top nuts slightly caramelized. Oh. My. God. I seriously have never had a pecan pie this good. It's edging towards praline in a crust.



And I have a whole pie here to myself. Muahahahahahahahaha.

Ginkgo has sweet sweet pie

Pecan pie, you perverts.



One of my favorite desserts is pecan pie, but it's hard to find a good one, even around here. Up around WA, the standard is the little 3" Bama brand pies. Yeah, I know they sound gross, and the crust is pretty poor, but the filling is actually really good. Down here, pecan pies are everywhere... mass produced. I guess it's kind of like apple products in WA - since it's such a ubiquitous product, not many people make it.

Well, ginkgo gave it a shot, and succeeded *beautifully*. She took the recipe from Mama Dip's, and holy crud is it amazing. Mama Dip's, for those of you not in the Triangle area, is *the* place for southern cooking. She was tapped to personally cater Pres. Clinton's visit to the area, for instance. You haven't *had* fried chicken until you've tried hers. :) And I finally understood what the big deal was with greens after going to her restaurant for the first time almost 10 years ago.

Anyway, the pie is this wonderful sugar/egg/butter concoction with pecans perfectly cooked throughout, and the top nuts slightly caramelized. Oh. My. God. I seriously have never had a pecan pie this good. It's edging towards praline in a crust.



And I have a whole pie here to myself. Muahahahahahahahaha.

I was just reminded...

Ginkgo just reminded me that I heinously and coldly forgot to mention her *last* pies that she made a couple of weeks ago. Cherry. With almond. And amaretto. She found fresh cherries at the grocery store for dirt frickin cheap, but they simply weren't good for eating fresh. But cooked was another story. So a pie and a few ramekins of filling were baked, and eaten gleefully. :)

She's on a roll.

I was just reminded...

Ginkgo just reminded me that I heinously and coldly forgot to mention her *last* pies that she made a couple of weeks ago. Cherry. With almond. And amaretto. She found fresh cherries at the grocery store for dirt frickin cheap, but they simply weren't good for eating fresh. But cooked was another story. So a pie and a few ramekins of filling were baked, and eaten gleefully. :)

She's on a roll.