Last Saturday night was special at the Roediger House, with an all-too-rare meetup of the Kellers and Fernandezes and Wards, plus this ol' Jones fella. The heavy harvest of homegrown tomatoes, and the hope of respecting dietary preferences, brought a speedy repeat of the new-found cherry tomatoes galette a mere week after its introduction to the Roediger table. I switched out the crust for it, so as to avoid lard, but the outcome suffered no ill effects from a butter-and-sour cream approach.
Since it was a gathering of long-time friends, appetizers and snackables were called for because conversation needed its space in the lead-up to dinner. Hoping it would match the moment, I pulled together two options (but no one was required to choose one over the other): Mexican restaurant white dipping sauce (above)...
...and gourmet soda crackers with ranch dressing. Both turned out pretty well but I was especially pleased at Frank and Karen's generous praise of those soda crackers!
And of course some reasonable dessert for seven was called for, but I thought it should be light and summery. Atlantic Beach Lemon Pie was perfect for finishing us off once our dinner had settled a bit, with its sweet tang and frolicking Ritz cracker crust.
Rich amber yolks in the filling gave it an almost unnatural deep yellow color, but it was all true to the ingredients with no special coloring!
Based on "Cherry Tomato Tart," from Hank Shaw of Hunt Gather Cook. [Published 09 August 2021]
"The Best Easy Pie Crust," by Sam Merritt of Sugar Spun Run. [Published 08 November 2021]
Based on "Easy Lemon Caesar Salad Dressing," by Kim Hardesty of lowcarbmaven.com.
"Mexican Restaurant White Dipping Sauce," a recipe worked out by me, sampled by Spring Street, and approved of by all.
"Gourmet Soda Crackers," from PJ Hamel of King Arthur Baking. Accompanying blog post, "Worth Their Salt: Gourmet Soda Crackers," published 29 March 2010.
"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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