Lemon Chess Pie
Equipment
- 1 pie plate
Ingredients
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp white cornmeal
- 4 large eggs
- 1/4 cup melted butter cooled
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- zest of one lemon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 deep dish pie crust (or one regular crust plus 2 half cup ramekins sprayed with nonstick)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Place pie crust into a pie plate and crimp edges; line with a small sheet of parchment or other oven-proof paper and weigh with pie weights or dried beans.
- Par-bake the crust for fifteen minutes, then allow to cool and remove inserted paper and weights.
- Whisk together the sugar, flour, salt and corn meal in a bowl.
- Stir together the melted butter with cold buttermilk to make sure it has cooled in a small cup.
- Separately, whisk the eggs, then stir in the butter and milk mixture, plus the lemon juice, vanilla and lemon.
- Gradually stir in the flour mix, whisking to make sure it has a smooth consistency.
- Ladle the filling into the pie crust, filling it to the fluting. Do not overfill. If you have extra, place that into a buttered or sprayed ramekin to bake separately.
- Place all in the oven and bake for forty minutes.
- If you used ramekins, remove those now.
- Cover the pie with foil or other tenting to prevent excessive browning and bake ten minutes more.
- Cool all completely. Serve topped with some whipped cream or vanilla ice cream if you like.
Notes
From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com
The filling is adequate for a deep dish pie; if using a regular pie crust for a traditional shorter pie, you can place the extra filling in ramekins to bake as a couple of lemon chess custards.
The filling is adequate for a deep dish pie; if using a regular pie crust for a traditional shorter pie, you can place the extra filling in ramekins to bake as a couple of lemon chess custards.
Nutrition
Calories: 569kcalCarbohydrates: 89gProtein: 7gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 131mgSodium: 253mgPotassium: 113mgFiber: 1gSugar: 68gVitamin A: 412IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 40mgIron: 2mg
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