Lemon Pie in Utrera

Gary sent this photo of Shirley and the Spanish lemon pie. If I knew how to post that as a comment to the previous post, I would do that, but I don't know how to do that, so I won't. Anyway, once again she won the Golden Spoon award for cooking in difficult circumstances.

Lemon Pie

If a well-used recipe card means love, then you know how much we love lemon pie!

This card, the oldest in Shirley's recipe box, reminds me of the time in Spain when we plucked lemons from a tree in the courtyard of our apartment building so that Mom could make pie. Our apartment was on the second floor, and we were hanging out the window and using a contraption on the end of a long pole to catch the lemons.

For Filling:

2 cups sugar 3 egg yolks

1/3 cup cornstarch 6 Tbsp lemon juice

2 cups hot water Grated rind of one lemon 

2 Tbsp butter

Mix sugar and cornstarch. Gradually add hot water and stir constantly. Place on low heat; after mixture begins to boil, cook for five minutes, stirring continuously. Slowly add some of mixture to well-beaten egg yolks and then add this egg yolk mixture back into pan and continue to cook for one minute. Add lemon juice and grated rind and butter, blending thoroughly. Cool filling before pouring into baked shell.

For meringue:

With wire whisk, beat 3 egg whites until stiff, gradually adding, a spoonful at a time, 9 Tbsp. sugar. Continue beating until sugar is thoroughly dissolved and the mixture forms stiff peaks. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Banana Brunch Bread

This recipe book, Come for Coffee in the Southwest, came to me from Aunt Dorothy. The book was put together by the women of the First Presbyterian Church in Albuquerque as a fundraiser for Menaul High School. All of the recipes are adjusted for 5000', but this is the recipe I use in Istanbul, so I guess it works everywhere. I also use olive oil instead of shortening, and that seems to work, too.

Let's try this..

Hello family!
I remember being young and going through mom's recipes. They were hand written or typed (on the typewriter back then) and our favorite ones were decorated with various drips or smears of ingredients. Recently, while looking for a really good biscochito recipe, I came across an original. The author had scanned in a hand written recipe from her grandmother that had been passed down forever, with all the drips and smears. http://gabrielaskitchen.com/2009/11/15/biscochitos/ The author had also translated the faded writing into something her readers could use to make the most amazing biscochitos. I know I personally have lost Dad's fudge recipe at least 4 times in the last 14 yrs and a few years ago Grammie sent out some ingredients and recipes for Christmas and those have disappeared sometime during the last 4-5 moves.  So, I thought we could try this to record all those family favorites and maybe share some new favorites.  If you have original hand written recipes it would be fun to scan them in....there's just something about a hand written recipe that makes things taste better.  Be patient with the setup on here...maybe Clint or Mom can help me with site set up so everyone can post...I'm just not that savvy. Also spread the word to our extended families...Thanks!
Ali