December 15, 2019
The year is littered with the bodies of the lemon pies Shelly tried, in search of the perfect lemon pie. Arizona Sunshine Pie. Triple Lemon Pie. Atlantic Beach Pie. The Arizona Sunshine Pie turned out to be one of the few failures of the year, and the Triple Lemon was nothing to write home about. Although the Atlantic Beach Pie was universally beloved, she still didn’t feel like we had THE lemon pie. She kept searching, saying that what she really wanted was a lemon bar in pie form (she could have literally just made a lemon bar in pie form – the shortbread crust would have been awesome). Then she found it: the Lemon Curd Pie.
There wasn’t anything particularly special about the crust (we used the crust recipe from the pie recipe), but the filling got it just the way she was looking for. Tart, tangy, light, smooth, and full of lemon flavor. To some people it was a little too lemony. But it’s exactly what Shelly wanted. She said it was like taking a taste of sunshine, and she was talking about how much she loved it for days afterwards. Mark this one down as the definitive lemon pie (non-custard variety; Atlantic Beach wins for best lemon custard pie).
The Pie Project 