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.
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.