Today i am grateful the lemon meringue pie i made for my mother's upcoming birthday seems to have turned out okay.
i had alot of anxiety about making this pie, people. something about out just looked scary.
in actuality, it was a much easier recipe than i realized and it all came together pretty easily. and i tell you what, the minute the water, cornstarch, and sugar formed a gelatin substance i was in awe. i couldn't believe how suddenly it happened. it was like freaking magic. science, people. its an amazing thing.
the meringue itself was the trickiest part. and to be fair, i should have been paying better attention. my awesome new cook book recommended making the meringue by hand off you're a newbie like me so that you can get the feel of when the meringue stiffens up. me being a flipping idiot took the book's advice. then i preceded to rush adding the sugar, not realizing that this will cause the meringue to take longer to form.
seriously.
i think i got my workout in for the day. 15 minutes off hand mixing, a few amost tears and tagging out turns with The Marsh later, i finally gave up and threw it in my kitchen aid bowl with some additional sugar and called it good. i still don't feel like the meringue reached its potential consistency, but that was as good as it was going to get.
it cooked up pretty enough and i am so grateful that the whole thing didn't turn into one big mess.
and I'll be grateful if it manages to taste as good as out looks.
Thanks for reading!
Lana
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