RuneScape 3.14 Recipe

Happy Pi Day, everyone! This is one of my favorite insignificant holidays because 1) it alludes to food and 2) it's nerdy and kind of quirky... just like many works of fiction. To celebrate let's bake a delicious pie!

This specific recipe is from a book within one of my all time favorite MMORPGs (a type of online game), RuneScape. Seriously, let's take a moment to relive the early 2000s when online gaming was just becoming popular... it was so glitchy, overpopulated, and overall amazing. I loved this game as a kid! Between RuneScape and Neopets, I was hooked on the computer for hours everyday.

Now I know RuneScape is primarily a game, but there are novels within it and there have been books written about it. One of the books within the game is a pie book that you can purchase for five gold coins from Romily Weaklax. The book contains nine recipes, one of them being a "Redberry Pie". I thought it would be fun to recreate this recipe with raspberries.

What you'll need:
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
5 large egg yolks
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
9-inch basic flaky piecrust, parbaked
1/3 cup raspberry jam
1/4 cup toasted sliced almonds

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 325° F. Whisk together buttermilk, sugar, butter, flour, egg yolks, vanilla extract, and salt.
2. Pour the mixture into the piecrust and bake until the center is set but still slightly wobbly, 40 to 50 minutes. 

3. Let cool, then chill until firm, 4 to 5 hours.
4. Top with raspberry jam and toasted sliced almonds before serving.

This super simple recipe create the perfect dessert for any geeky Pi Day parties you may be attending.   After all, this year is particularly special! At 9:26 and 53 seconds, both a.m. and p.m., pi will be represented to 10 digits: 3.141592653. Set your alarms, bake this pie, and have a very mathematical day!