Strawberry-Lemon Meringue Pie: Take 3

With this post, battle SLM (incidentally, my grandmother's initials) Pie comes to a close.  My final foray in strawberry-lemon deliciousness is a ridiculously simple twist.  A classic lemon meringue pie with a layer of strawberries at the bottom.  I figured that something that tastes great can also be that simple, right?

Pie #3

I liked it.  Dave and I liked all of the pies, which tends to make these kinds of decisions harder, because there's no obvious stinker.  However, I feel confident in saying that my favorite was pie #1:

Like I mentioned previously, I just love the look of it!  The layers and the taste go together perfectly, and it's a great summer pie.  Very light and fruity.  So if you'd like to buy a deliciously-tasty strawberry-lemon meringue pie, drop me a line and I'll get to work! 

Strawberry-Lemon Meringue Pie: Take 2

I hope that everyone is ready for pie #2!

This time, instead of working with layers to show the different flavors, I mixed together a filling with both strawberries and lemons.  It was certainly easier to prepare, not having to worry about layers setting/bleeding together.  It tasted just as good, I'm just not sure, but that's why we test these things.  Plus, it's as good an excuse as any to eat pie every night, am I right?

Pie #2, Strawberry and lemon mixed together

Strawberry-Lemon Meringue Pie: Take 1

I'm back baby!

No really, I'm back AND I had a baby.  Nathan was born in June and has been keeping Dave and I on our toes for the last 10 weeks.  It feels so weird not working for the last 3 months, but I've finally been getting back into our home kitchen and it feels great to be baking again.

I've started trying to build up my skills and come up with recipes for what will hopefully be my future business.  I'm actually going to start an out of home baking venture, so if you're reading this and you want to buy something that I've blogged about (or not, I love a challenge), then please drop me a line at piratesnpies@gmail.com.

So my latest experimentation has been to come up with a recipe for strawberry-lemon meringue pie, based on my craving for a strawberry-lemonade.  I made 3 different varieties and proceeded to "force" Dave to try them with me.  Luckily I made them mini-pie size...and now Dave loves lemon meringue pie!  Win-win.

Mini meringue pie deliciousness

Here is the first one that we tried.  It consists of two layers, strawberry on the bottom and lemon on the top with sliced strawberries fanned out over the crust.  I love not only the taste of this pie, but the aesthetics of it as well.  The white of the meringue leading down to the lemon yellow and finally pink strawberry.  Dave has questioned the need for the strawberries on the bottom, but I like it.  I think it adds to the strawberry flavor, which to be honest needs to be pumped up to compete with the lemon which can be overpowering.

Pie #1

Stay tuned for pictures and a breakdown of pie #2!