When life gives you lemons…seriously…what?
Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. I’m a mama twice and a step-mama once, and I’m making shaker lemon pie.
Shaker lemon pie got me thinking about life giving me lemons, and how sweetness can make nearly any lemon more palatable.
In this video, I talk about this life lesson, and eat a bit of lemon.
I hope you enjoy it!
Recipe!
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Shaker Lemon Pie Recipe (from the Smitten Kitchen (originally from Saveur)
Makes one 9-inch pie
2 large lemons, preferably Meyers
2 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
4 tablespons butter, melted
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 egg white
Coarse sugar, for sprinkling
Dough for one double-crust pie [See recipes here and here.]
Thoroughly wash lemons, then dry with paper towel. Finely grate lemon zest into a bowl. Using a mandoline, slice lemons as paper thin as you can get them; remove and discard seeds. Add slices to zest and toss with sugar and salt. Cover and set aside at room temperature for 24 hours.
Preheat the oven to 425°F. Roll out half the dough 1/8 inch thick on a lightly floured surface, fit it into a 9-inch (1-quart) pie plate, and trim the edge, leaving a 1/2-inch overhang.
Mix the macerated lemon-sugar mixture with eggs, melted butter and flour until combined well. Pour in to prepared pie shell.
Roll out the remaining dough into a 12-inch round on a lightly floured surface, drape it over the filling, and trim it, leaving a 1-inch overhang. Fold the overhang under the bottom crust, pressing the edge to seal it, and crimp the edge decoratively. Beat one egg white until frothy and brush over pie crust, then sprinkle with coarse sugar. Cut slits in the crust with a sharp knife, forming steam vents, and bake the pie in the middle of the oven for 25 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 350°F. and bake the pie for 20 to 25 minutes more, or until the crust is golden. Let the pie cool on a rack and serve it warm at room temperature.
What Say You?
What does nurturing look like to you? And what are you cooking these days?
Fantastic video. I love the way you think and its so true, what would lemon moments be without the sugar moments and vice versa. We need those lemon moments too to appreciate every sugar moment more.
Thanks so much for sharing this.
V x
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Aw Thanks Vanessa! Lemon moments are context moments, to be sure, and they do make the sugar moments ever so much sweeter!
Lovely lemonysugary advice. Thanks! We want more! ;o}
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Lovely advice, Bridget. The way you describe nurturing is the way I think about self-love.
I had Shaker Lemon Pie from Random Order a month or so ago. I don’t even know why I bought a piece, because it’s not the kind I would normally order, but I was intrigued by the name. Oh my word. It was fantastic. Even better than the other caramel-apple slice I got, which I expected to prefer.
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I had the exact same experience at Random Order! I ordered the apple pie. It was all right. But Lilly ordered the shaker lemon and I had a bite, and oh la la! So good!
this is my first time visiting. i came by because of the title of the post from your vpa.
i absolutely loved the video. thank you for sharing.
Love this video, Bridget!
One of my favorite things is finding metaphors for life in everyday stuff.
xo victoria
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You are one of my favoritest people ever.
And this video captures your awesome beautifully.
More. Lots more. Please.
p.s. That pie sounds dee-lish-us!
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Bridget! I LOVE this (and my favoritest pie/dessert in the whole world is lemon pie — any kind of lemon anything really)
Great video (although I do wish we could see the pups — it makes me soo happy to hear them
)
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Lemon = Life
Sugar = Bridget
Thanks Bridget for being a bit of sugar in our life. Great video about looking at things in a different way. Another recipe to try!
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