So You Want to Live in Hawaii

So You Want to Live in Hawaii

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Florida Sour Orange Pie

Before Hawaii: a story and recipe from The Baking Wizard!

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Greg Patent
Dec 29, 2016
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“Ya gotta try the sour orange pie,” our waitress at The Yearling restaurant in Hawthorne, Florida, insisted. “It’s our specialty.” Being citrus lovers, my wife and I perked up and started asking questions. What we learned was this: The pie was most likely a variation of Key Lime Pie with sour orange juice subbing for the lime. It had a Graham cracker cr…

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