About a year ago I was thinking to myself, we have lemon pies and lime pies, why doesn't anyone make a grapefruit pie? So, finally, I have made it happen. For the record, and for anyone who thinks this sounds terrible, when my mom tried this she said, "Why doesn't everyone do this?". So let's go.
I stole Alton Brown's recipe for lemon meringue pie, and changed it a little.
First I grabbed two egg yolks (sorry, vegans), and then in a bowl I mixed 1/3 cup cornstarch, 1 and 1/2 cups water, 3/4 cup sugar, and a little bit of salt.
I whisked that all together in a saucepan on medium heat until it gelled. Then I whisked about half of it into the egg yolks, very slowly, moved everything back to the saucepan, and put it on low heat for another minute or so.
I took it off the heat, whisked in a little butter, a full cup of grapefruit juice, and a palmful of grapefruit zest, and then poured it into a pie crust. I baked the pie for about ten minutes at 375 degrees.
A pie like this is obviously not complete without something comparable to meringue, but I think meringue is totally gross, so I opted to top it with whipped cream. I made my whipped cream with a little orange extract, a little lemon extract, and a tiny bit of bourbon. It was awesome. You could also do something like Grand Marnier.
I ate a bunch of it pretty much right away, but it kept in the refrigerator for a week or so, at which point it was gone.
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