Granted: it's a North Carolina beaches concoction that is definitely similar to the way key lime pie is often made. But the variations are significant enough to grant it its own special imprimatur: Atlantic Beach Pie. Made famous all over again by the chef at Chapel Hill's famed Crook's Corner, this is a lemon, egg yolk, and sweetened condensed milk base cooked inside a sweet-and-salty crust made from pulverized Ritz crackers, butter, and sugar. It sure takes me back to many a meal on the southeastern North Carolina coast during childhood vacations.
Call it what you will, but this rascal finds a happy home in my mouth. It was a tasty dessert last Thursday night.
"One Phenomenal Pie: Atlantic Beach Pie," from Chef Bill Smith. Published in Our State Magazine, May 2014. Also featured in "Found Recipes" on All Things Considered from National Public Radio, broadcast April 13, 2013.
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