5 to Find: Pies worth ditching your diet
BY SCOTT CHERRY World Restaurant Critic
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Just in case it escaped your attention, Wednesday was National Pie Day, a worthy national celebration if ever there was one.
We took on the task of finding
five pies in the Tulsa area that tickled
our fancy — and in the process
came across a story or two.
One story was wrapped around
the limoncello-pecan pie at Boston
Deli.
Jim Hammett, son of LaNelle
Hammett Yates, who founded the
famous Hammett House restaurant
in Claremore in 1969, worked
for a time at Boston Deli a couple
of years before both he and his
mother died in 2009.
“Jim’s mother did a lemon-pecan
pie that I loved, and I was always
trying to get the recipe,” said Boston
Deli owner Ken Schafer. “She
called a couple of months before
she passed away and said she
wanted to give me the recipe for
that pie. I couldn’t get to a pencil
fast enough.”
Following are five pies that
caught our eye.
1. Limoncello-pecan ($4
a slice), Boston Deli,
6131 E. 61st St.: It has
been altered a bit from
the original Hammett
House recipe, with a
touch of limoncello
liqueur and lemon rind
added to fresh lemon
juice. “It gets a little
warmness from the
alcohol, but you don’t
need an ID to eat it,”
Schafer said.
2. Guilt pie ($5), Antoinette Baking Co., 3305 S. Peoria Ave.: It starts with ganache
(semisweet chocolate blended with cream) and chocolate wafer cookies that are
topped with crushed caramel potato chips, a layer of caramel creme and whipped
cream, all garnished with caramel-dipped potato chips. No guilt here. Antoinette
stages special pie nights 7-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
3. Chocolate meringue ($3.99), Shiloh’s, 2604 N.
Aspen Ave., Broken Arrow: When nothing but
a monster meringue will do, the chocolate
meringue at Shiloh’s is a towering beauty.
4. Coconut cream ($6), Michael
V’s, 8222 E. 103rd St.: A pound
of coconut goes into every
pie, not counting the topping
of toasted shaved coconut,
along with fresh cream, butter,
milk and eggs. Savor every
bite and don’t even think
about counting calories.
5. Egg custard ($2.99), Sweetie
Pie Bakery & Deli, 121 E. Second
St., Sand Springs: Talk about
comfort food. What’s more
comforting than a good book,
a classic movie, a cup of coffee
and a piece of velvety egg
custard pie?
Associated Images:
Limoncello-pecan pie is served with goat-cheese caramel sauce and homemade frozen vanilla custard at Boston Deli. JAMES GIBBARD / Tulsa World
The Guilt pie at Antoinette Baking Co. MATT BARNARD / Tulsa World
Chocolate meringue pie at Shiloh’s. STEPHEN PINGRY / Tulsa World
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