Key Lime Pie: Part Deux: The Transport Issue...
Thank your for all of your suggestions on key lime pie safety!
I used Ina's recipe except I baked it on 350 for 15 minutes rather than freezing it. I had a little taste from the center and it's just as fabulous as a frozen pie.
Rather than whipped cream, I decided to make a meringue topping from all of the leftover egg whites. So to do that, I whipped the whites with cream of tartar and sugar, arranged the topping and then baked it for another 5 minutes. I'm going to ask the hostess to put it in the fridge until she serves desert so it's not sitting out.
That leaves the question of how to transport it. In the cabin of the car so it's cool in the AC, but how do I cover it? Toothpicks/ plastic wrap tent to keep it from sticking?
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6 Comments:
Do you have a cake or pie safe? That would be how I would carry it.
That toothpick/cling wrap thing never worked for me. Plus you end up with holes all over your pretty meringue and the chance that part of the wrap sinks or twists and sticks to it, pulling some away when it is taken off.
If you don't own a cake or pie safe (if you don't, you must get one! Indispensable!) then do you have a big enough Tupperware-type bowl? You could set the pie on the lid and invert the bowl over it and carry it that way, maybe with some heavy tape on the edges to keep it in. I have done that in a pinch or when my odd-sized dessert does not fit in a standard container.
The host can always remove it from the safe to put in the fridge if it does not fit with it.
And yes, in the main part of the car. The trunk will get hot pretty fast, and you will end up with melted and runny pie.
sadiepix at 7:17PM on 07/03/09
Make a run to the cake decorating store and get some bakery boxes which you do not have to remember to take home with you.
Long term its time you went and got a carry all. Tupperware, Rubbermaid or any of the sort. Most of them have a double pie carry all.
http://www.amazon.com/Snap-Lock-Cake-Keeper-Snapware/dp/B000W4HMZU
http://www.amazon.com/Tupperware-12-Round-Pie-Container/dp/B0019LRF48/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1246663780&sr=1-2
http://www.amazon.com/Fresh-Keeper-Dual-5%252dFunction-Food/dp/B0000ESWK0/kitchn-20
JerzeeTomato at 7:32PM on 07/03/09
i was so sad. my boyfriend's mom had her b-day & i spent close to an hour perfecting the decorating on her cake. my dumbass put aluminum foil on top...all of my hard work lifted right off-i literally cried-ha ha. definitely invest in a cake/pie carrier.
gastronomeg at 10:27AM on 07/04/09
Thank you all! I'm now sold on buying a cake/pie carrier.
yayfood at 11:23AM on 07/04/09
In a pinch, I've gone to my local grocery bakery department and bought one of their disposable containers. Cost about a dollar.
renzata at 5:29PM on 07/04/09
if you look at dicount stores in your area, like dollar general's or even dollar tree stores, they usually have pseudo tupperware pie and cake carriers super cheap, 2$ or less, I usually buy a few of those when I find them, they arent quite as sturdy as Tware but they can be left behind without worrying about the cost.
huneybumper at 11:06AM on 07/05/09