This recipe comes from Crook's Corner restaurant in Chapel Hill, N.C. by way of Katie Workman, by way of NPR. It was tweeted and retweeted and favorited all over the place till I decided I just had to try it out. This turned out to be an excellent decision.
It's very similar in construction to key lime pie , with the obvious difference of a Saltine crust, which is fabulous. This pie is sweet and tart and salty all at once -- everything a summer dessert should be.North Carolina pie
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 sleeves Saltine crackers
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 3 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- whipped cream and coarse sea salt for garnish (which I completely forgot)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Crush the crackers pretty finely, but not to complete dust. Add the sugar and knead in the butter till the mixture holds together like dough
- Press into an 8 inch pie pan, chill for 15 minutes, then bake for 18 minutes or until the crust is slightly browned
- While the crust is partially cooling, beat the egg yolks and milk together, then mix in citrus juice, making sure everything is completely combined. Pour into the pie shell (it doesn't need to be completely cooled), and bake for 16 minutes or until the filling has set
- Chill pie completely now, and serve with fresh whipped cream and a sprinkling of sea salt