Last weekend we had to go to
Fort Lonesome in Lithia, FL to
pick a bunch of strawberries to make organic jam, so in the hippie version of killing two birds with one stone I made sure to make my way over to their orchards and pick some oranges from their trees in order to make this pie.
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| Oranges...on a tree! |
Yes, oranges are not the ideal fruit for making a pie. If it was summer, I could probably find some peaches or something. If I still lived in Iowa or Connecticut, I could have found some apples. But I live in Florida and it's March, so oranges are my option.
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| Yours truly, picking fruit off a tree. |
Cutting up oranges and throwing them into a flaky crust seemed incredibly unappealing. Plus I remember something from a few years ago when I tried to fry some oranges and it basically sucked all the flavor right out of them. So, I was left with taking those oranges, juicing them and baking them into a meringue-style pie.
While this was a good, and most likely tasty, plan, I did overlook the fact that it would be hard work. I had to juice oranges. I had to boil a mixture of those oranges and a whole bunch of other stuff until it turned into a weird, thick delicious concoction. Then I had to make meringue, which is surprisingly difficult considering it's just a few different basic ingredients.
Anyway, I did all that (and did it well, if I might say so) and then
baked it for awhile and it came out tasting quite good. Here's my
picture-by-picture rundown of the process:
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| Get some oranges |
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| Turn those oranges into orange juice |
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| Cook those with sugar until thick and put in a crust |
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| Beat eggs for 40 years until you have meringue |
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| Bake it for awhile until it looks awesome |
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| Eat it. |
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