Alaskan Key Stout Pie
Ingredients:
Crust
¾ cup graham cracker crumbs
½ cup finely chopped pecans
¼ cup white sugar
¼ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
½ stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
Filling:
1 ¼ cup sugar
1 T. cornstarch
½ T. arrowroot
¼ tsp. Salt
5 egg yolks
4 egg whites
½ cup Alaskan Stout
½ cup fresh squeezed lime juice (approx. 1 – 2 limes) (save some lime for garnish)
1 T. plain gelatin softened in 1/3 cup water
1/8 cup sugar
1 cup whipping cream
Topping:
1 ½ - 2 cups sour cream
2 T. white sugar
2 T. Alaskan Stout
Instructions:
Make crust: In a bowl combine cracker crumbs, pecans, sugars, stir in butter, press the mixture into bottom and 1/2 inch up side of a buttered 9 inch spring form pan. Bake 5 -–10 minutes at 300 – 325 degrees. Watch carefully so it doesn’t burn. Cool, then chill for one hour before filling.Make filling: Mix top 4 dry filling ingredients. In large bowl, beat egg yolks until fluffy, blend in ½ of the egg whites, the Alaskan Stout, lime juice, and dry ingredients. Put in double boiler – cook and stir with wooden spoon until thick. Remove from heat. Stir in gelatin. Cool in refrigerator. Beat remaining egg whites in small bowl with 1/8 cup sugar. Beat whipping cream in large bowl. Fold cooled yolk mixture and beaten egg whites into whipped cream. Pour in crust. Chill.Make Topping: Mix sour cream, sugar, and Alaskan Stout. Spread over chilled pie. Garnish with lime slice. Chill overnight.