Care to hazard a guess?
We had a small dinner for family and friends last night, and this was one of the desserts served. Early morning Sunday, I was playing with a macro lens trying to take some extreme (at least for me) close-up photos on a manual setting (yup, auto turned off, a major major thing) and I am thrilled with some of the handheld (too lazy to set-up tripod as I wanted to eat the subject) results. And for those of you asking, during my recent trip to Hong Kong, I got a Canon G12 for me to take “everyday, everywhere photos” and I also got a Canon EOS600D with an extra macro lens for close-up photos. Please, don’t ask me more than that, I can barely figure out how to use my cell phone for goodness sakes… :)
But this dessert was wonderful. Totally based on a western recipe and methods, but using some of our finest home grown ingredients. The results? A version of it would probably make it into that mythical Marketman cookbook if I ever got around to writing it. I’ve had two slices with a large cup of tea before 9 a.m. on a lazy Sunday morning…
I hate to be a tease, but you’ll have to wait until I post the recipe soon. In the meantime, you can always hazard a guess… :)
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Cheesecake! maybe Egg custard!
Rainer cherries upside down cake!
I didn’t look and read the article, because you usually want us to guess before continuing to read…anyway, on second thoughts after reading and looking at your close up pics, I think it’s egg pie with dayap.
The pie looks like a lime flavoured creme brulee with crumbly pastry crust? I’ve been making creme brulee for the past two weeks and blow-torching as we eat -my baby’s new fave after meal treat.
Cassava cake?
Thinking this was Key Lime Pie but then again it’s like sugar crusted on top. Maybe crembrulee pie? If there’s such a thing hehe
A citrus egg custard pie of sorts? The toppings look like they could be candied dayap or kalamansi rinds, though I’d think kalamansi since they’re small. :P
Dayap pie ala key lime pie with a brûleed top!
key lime. . . cake?
I think it’s a dayap pie with creme brulee top. BTW, i think I saw you sa Jr. MasterChef Pinoy Edition primer. Was it you? hehe
Cherry Pound Cake and Dayap Egg/Custard Pie???
dayap-flavored egg/custard pie garnished with candied dayap rind? :D
key lime pie only with dayap?
calamansi or dayap pie?
dayap flavored creme brulee pie!
A take on the key lime pie?
Lime custard pie? :)
a creme brulee tart with some of your rainier cherries, the pastry cream flavored and garnished with candied dayap rind.
hmmmmm — based on a western recipe and methods…… i think it’s new york cheesecake using some of our local cheeses, crust of lady fingers/broas and dayap for the citrus kick =)
i voted for the ‘marketman cookbook’ in the poll before — so i hope it doesn’t remain mythical for long =)
because you just came from a hk trip, i would guess that is an egg pie or egg tart with dayap
Looks like a creme brulee made into a pie/tart.
Dayap custard pie!
kalamansi cheesecake
Kalamansi pie :-)
looks like a cross between lime custard pie and a cheesecake to me! salivating over the idea of that anyway… :)
egg pie!
I think I’ll just wait for the recipe. Looks very yummy.
Me and Lee are thinking the same thing….kalamansi cheesecake… :-)
kamias creme brulee using ostrich egg yolk!
Kaffir Lime Pie?
I think I know but I won’t spoil the surprise! :) Can’t wait for the recipe!
egg pie… happy birthday MM!
Key lime Pie made with Calamansi?
Maybe a dayap tart garnished with candied dayap peel?
egg pie with dayap!
cassava pie!
makrut dayap cheesecake.
Lime pie topped with a sugared rind.
is it a kind of pie?
key lime pie ala marketman using calamansi with candied calamansi rinds on top?
Dayap leche flan pie? Kidding. :)
i read somewhere that you recently have a stash of dayap. so it is key lime. i’ll go with the rest, maybe some kind of flan/custard.
Meyers lemon or key lime pie, (rind is the dead giveaway)!
calamansi cheesecake, dayap cheesecake,kefir cheesecake,,,,i give up Mr MM, sirit na
I can’t guess exactly what it is but it looks YUMMY!!!!! Belated Happy Birthday, MM!
Good old egg pie!
I think it’s a calamansi pie or dayap pie….
strawberry strudel with lizard on top??? hehehe!
If one only looks at the top pic, I can see a chameleon as Jenn Chon suggests and the indentations on the tart mould do look like shadows of strawberries… and that’s probably what a house fly fast approaching landing sees with its compound eyes.
Calamansi egg custard pie.
creme brulee pie :) belated happy birthday!
Breakfast quiche.
tart citron… philippine style. so dayap tart
for all you with a sweet tooth, check scandybars.tumblr.com for candy close ups!
Kalamansi cheesecake! @Lee, great minds think alike…
its eggpie with dayap rind!!! =)
Yup agree with anna! Egg pie :)
My best guess: Lime (Dayap) cheesecake! Great photos using the macro lens! :)
dayap tart with a brulee’d top!
….I say it is NOT GOOD FOR THE WAISTLINE TART!
At any rate, it looks like a take on Michael McCarty’s Creme Brulee Tart ?
dayap tart.. happy bday MM
looking at the yummy candied dayap rind topping, my guess is key lime pie!! me drools
Egg pie with dayap?