Ernest Hemingway Key Lime Pie
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1 Pie
Some might wonder the connection between Key Lime Pie and Ernest
Hemingway, but he hung out a lot, a regular squatter of sorts, at
Papa John's Bar, Key West Florida. There are not too many recipes
attributed to him, and then I recently ran across this one for Key
Lime Pie. The intro to the recipe attributes that Hemingway used to
live at 1599 Bathurst Street in Toronto, Canada. He was working as a
young journalist then for the Toronto Star. He eventually moved to
Florida, then Cuba, and developed a fond appetite for white rum,
seafood and Key West Lime Pie. He hung out quite a bit with such
randy's as Steven Boyd. Papa John's is quite a museum in itself and
sports newspaper articles and pictures of Papa and his cronies
(including Boyd). So here is Papa's Key Lime Pie. I do believe this
recipe was printed at one time in the Toronto Star. 1 cup sugar 250
mL 1/4 cup white flour 50 mL 3 TBS cornstarch 40 mL 2 cups spring
water 500 mL 3 egg yolks 3 1 TBS margarine 15 mL
1/4 cup fresh lime juice 50 mL grated rind of 1 lime one baked pie
shell meringue pie topping
Combine sugar, flour, cornstarch in top of double boiler and
gradually stir in water. Cook over medium heat, whisking until
thickened.
Beat egg yolks and gradually stir some of cooked mixture into beaten
egg yolks. Return this mixture to double boiler and cook and whisk
another 3 minutes.
Stir in margarine, lime juice and rind. Cook to lukewarm. Pour into
your favorite baked shell and cool thoroughly. Top with meringue and
brown under broiler, or your favorite whipped cream topping.
For you pie shell, why not add a small amount of sugar and some finely
crushed macadamia nuts? Takes it a cut above.
(And I always use more lime juice--its a matter of taste. I like it
tart and cut back on the sugar.)
From: kgreen@u.washington.edu (Katie E Green)
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