Mmmmm… I’ll bet that title just made your mouth water. Deciding to forego beer with dinner (shocking, I know), I broke out a tripel homebrewed with a jaggery sugar to pair with a low-fat key lime pie that my wife whipped up. The pie used a fair amount of actual lime juice, so despite the warning that it was low-fat, it was quite good. Would the dry, subtle, mildly fruity, not cloying, yet still high abv tripel go well with the creamy limey pie? Yes, it would! I will say that the homebrew is still a little young and the jaggery pokes through more than I’d like it to, so the jaggery really didn’t help the pairing. Also, while the beer was still a little too cold and freshly poured, there was no zing of interaction between the beer and pie–instead, I ended up with fizzy mouthfuls of beer that weren’t pleasing. But, when I let the beer warm up, swirled it in its large cognac glass to release some carbonation, and tried it again with the pie, it was excellent. Add this style to the list of beers to go well with dessert.
Tags: Jaggery, Key Lime Pie, Tripel
January 18th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Update–This was part of the Robin Miller meal week, so the recipe is online. The trick is to use Key Lime Juice, which is not actually stated in the recipe: http://www.foodnetwork.com/rec.....index.html