Lemon Meringue Pies

Today I went for a walk at lunch in downtown Kamloops, as I tend to try to do on busy days.  Gives me a break from the phones and emails, and lets me just relax for a few minutes.

Wednesday is a Farmers Market Day in Kamloops, a great little event that is held on Victoria Street.  Todays was actually a bit bigger, they had shut down a couple of blocks of the street to expand the market.  The selection of fresh produce was spectacular (if your interested in that kinda thing), and there was a great variety of wares, meats, foods and baked goods available.

In my wandering, I stopped in at a booth for Bohemian Bakery.  This is a small family bakery, specializing in wedding and special occasion cakes.  They had an awesome selection of baked goods, buns, cookies, breads… and individual lemon meringue pies.

Now, I love lemon meringue pie – we both do.  I have sampled many a pie, and worked on a lot of recipes over the years.  So, given the chance to take home yet another version to my Chief Food Taster (CFT), I was up for it.  Two pies to go please…

After dinner tonight, I got one of the pies out, and being quite big enough for two I figured we could share.

Fast forward 15 minutes, and that plan has gone down in flames.  Both pies are gone, and I have a new favorite lemon meringue pie.

The meringue was perfect, really and truly flawless.  The lemon curd was beyond description – huge citrus flavour, perfectly tart and sour without being bitter, with a consistence that was thick and smooth.  This was the pie I dream of making.

If you find yourself in Kamloops, and have a  chance to catch the Farmers Market either mid-week or on the weekend, you owe it to yourself to pick up a couple of these little gems!

http://www.bohemiabakery.com/

 

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