...and to all a good night

[ironymaiden]

what a nice time i had yesterday. we did a lot of prep on Monday, so Tuesday was very low stress in spite of making dinner for seven and worrying about Leela yowling at our guests.

dinner went off without a hitch, Leela calmed down eventually, and i even got out to see Aquaman with mimerki, philotera, and varina8.

i made pies for dessert, and originally the plan had been to do one cranberry-marzipan and one blueberry. but when i grabbed the pie cookbook to look at blueberry filling, it opened in my hand to "Farmstead Eggnog Pie", so we had to have it.

(sorry about the measurements...MURRICA!)
baked 9" pie crust (recipe calls for graham cracker crumb, i blind-baked a regular GF crust)
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 eggs, separated
1 1/4 cup light cream (i used 1 cup heavy cream + 1/4 cup whole milk)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg

• combine gelatin, 1/4 c sugar, and salt.


• beat egg yolks, stir in cream and gelatin mixture. cook in double boiler over hot (not boiling) water, stirring constantly until mixture coats metal spoon (about 12 minutes). remove from heat, stir in vanilla and cool until mixture mounds when dropped from a spoon. beat just enough to make smooth.


• beat egg whites until frothy; gradually add remaining 1/4 c sugar until glossy stiff peaks form. fold into gelatin mixture. pour into crust and sprinkle with nutmeg. (i didn't actually measure the nutmeg, i just grated it straight onto the pie.) chill until set.



it really did look and taste like eggnog, and it set perfectly.

mostly we ate food and talked (with Darth Vader burning in the background) and it was an excellent way to wind down what has been a cruddy year for almost all of us.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Oh man that pie sounds WONDERFUL!!!!

[ironymaiden]

And it was pretty easy! The hardest part was the crust. Next time I want to find a nut-based crust and dial back the sugar.

[varina8]

Thanks so much for everything. It was a perfect holiday celebration - good food, good friends, and good conversations. The eggnog pie was stellar. It was my only nog of the season so the bar was high.