Honey Pie

No, this isn't about my wonderful husband.  And I won't dare call him "Honey Pie."  I am lucky if I can call him "Hon."

I found this recipe in the book, United States of Pie by Adrienne Kane.  And, once again, the Baking Gods were in my favor because I had all the ingredients - honey and sour cream.  So this was obviously meant to be.  It is a real easy pie to make!    Takes only a few minutes to whip it up - love these kind of recipes!!!

From the description it is basically a custard pie with honey as the main ingredient.  The favor of the pie depends largely on what sort of honey you use.  As I work at Farmer's Markets, I have access to tons of local products and the vendor next to me sells honey - now isn't that convenient!!  Also I have a hive but my honey from last year is LONG gone!  Anyway, onto the recipe . . .

Ingredients

1 standard pie dough - either store bought or your favorite recipe
3/4 cup honey
1/4 coup sour cream
4 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
Pinch of ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ginger

Directions

Roll out the dough until it is big enough to fit a 9 inch pie plate.  Trim the edges, fold the edges under and then decoratively crimp the dough around the rim of the pie plate.

Put the pie plate in the refrigerator until you have finished making the filling.

In a small sauce pan, warm the honey over medium heat for about 4 to 5 minutes.  Set aside.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the sour cream, eggs, vanilla, nutmeg and ginger.  Add the warm honey and whisk together until thoroughly blended.

Remove the pie plate from the refrigerator and pour the filling into pie shell.

Bake for approximately 40 minutes or until the filling is set.  If the crust browns too quickly, tent the pie with aluminium foil.

The filling will puff up quite a bit during baking, but will settle down once you remove the pie from the oven.

Let the pie cool (if you can wait that long!!) on a cake rake.

VERDICT:

It was good, but you definitely need to serve it with something else like whipped cream or ice cream.  It does not do well alone.  You can taste the honey. My husband liked it.  I was a little disappointed by it.  Will I make it again - maybe.

The Recipe
Honey Pie

Ingredients

1 standard pie dough - either store bought or your favorite recipe

3/4 cup honey

1/4 coup sour cream

4 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

Pinch of ground nutmeg

1/2 tsp ginger

Directions

Roll out the dough until it is big enough to fit a 9 inch pie plate.  Trim the edges, fold the edges under and then decoratively crimp the dough around the rim of the pie plate.

Put the pie plate in the refrigerator until you have finished making the filling.

In a small sauce pan, warm the honey over medium heat for about 4 to 5 minutes.  Set aside.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the sour cream, eggs, vanilla, nutmeg and ginger.  Add the warm honey and whisk together until thoroughly blended.

Remove the pie plate from the refrigerator and pour the filling into pie shell.

Bake for approximately 40 minutes or until the filling is set.  If the crust browns too quickly, tent the pie with aluminium foil.

The filling will puff up quite a bit during baking, but will settle down once you remove the pie from the oven.

Let the pie cool (if you can wait that long!!) on a cake rake.

Enjoy!!