Ginkgo has sweet sweet pie

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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.

Comments

[lirrin.livejournal.com]

If ya feel like sharin' the recipe (sounds like it's not a Deep Dark Family Secret), I'd be totally interested. Dad made a pecan pie for dinner last night, and mom said it wasn't quite what she was used to from Oklahoma. We're on a quest for That Kind of Pecan Pie, have been for years. (Personally, I think she's simply hallucinating, but it keeps me entertained. *heh*)

[ginkgo.livejournal.com]

This is a link to the recipe I used. http://uncpress.unc.edu/recipes/council_p189.html I was surprised that no recipe I read (I looked at about 10 before I chose) mentioned allowing the sugar mixture to cool before adding the eggs. I added the eggs when the mixture was warm but not hot. I also added about 1/4 cup more pecans.

Good luck!

Oh, and Jason would be mad if I didn't say that, in order for the recipe to turn out, you have to pronounce the syrup "kay-rO". ;)

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Grrrrr....

I keep telling you, kay-rO is in Egypt.