A lot's been happening in the last month, but what else is new? The job is as busy as ever with both the Bulls and Hawks in the playoffs, and I've been baking, of course. I've been remiss about posting little updates on here, and I think my solution is more, shorter posts. There doesn't need to be a big tome written about each thing I do, even though some are more important to me than others.
I'm still working from behind in all that I've made, but let's just say that a few weeks ago I spotted key limes at the market and HAD to have them. I made a key lime pie, which is my favorite pie of all time, I think. For two straight years growing up I chose to have key lime pie for my birthday cake instead of real cake, that's how much I love it. After that was devoured by myself, the roommates, and other friends who were ambushed by me all-of-the-sudden putting pie on the literal table, I still had enough limes left over to make a key lime cheesecake, topped with whipped cream and fresh mango slices.
I always like to experiment with one or two little ramekins of extra crust and filling, so with the key lime pie I experimented with a chocolate crust which was good, but for me personally, it's hard to stray from the classic recipe. I also added a layer of goat cheese to the crust of another ramekin, which worked okay, but I would have preferred to experiment with marscapone, which I thought I still had in my fridge. With the cheesecake I added chili powder to my 'test pot' crust, and I think it worked well; there was a definite kick, but I may work on mellowing out the flavor with brown sugar or a little straight cream cheese layered over it.
So, more to come, but I wanted to share my love of everything key lime. I plan on making lime curd in the near future, too. :)
