Sweet’n tart lemony curd, fluffy sweet meringue topping, all atop a rich flaky pastry – who can resist a decadent lemon meringue pie? There are lots of variations out there – whether it be the store bought variety, “Homemade” via a boxed powder filling, or made from scratch – we’ve never really met a lemon pie we didn’t like…and that is saying a lot given Jan's serious aversion to eggs.
In
preparing for this post we were very much inspired by the Foodie Cult Classic
film “Toast” – a biopic film based on a bestselling memoir by Nigel Slater, a
British celebrity chef. Set in the 1960s
and 70s, the film features retro culinary delights prepared by the main
character’s stepmother (played by Helena Bonham-Carter) as seen through the
eyes of a child – these over-emphasized, colourful and whimsical dishes
eventually inspire the child to follow his culinary dreams. At one point in the film a baking war is
waged between the adolescent Slater and his stepmother in an all out battle to
produce a larger than life deep dish lemon meringue pie - the kind of things
pie dreams are made of.
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| Food Stylist Katherine Tidy's Famous Lemon Meringue Pie from "Toast" |
While
we’ve eaten plenty, we’ve never actually made a lemon pie – so naturally for
our first one we’d challenge ourselves by making a giant, cartoon sized version. Go big or go home we say!
