Lemon Chess Pie

• Produce

  • 3 tsp Lemon, zest

• Refrigerated

  • 4 Eggs

• Condiments

  • 1/4 cup Lemon juice

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 tbsp Corn meal, yellow
  • 2 1/16 cups Flour
  • 2 cups Sugar

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1 tbsp Vinegar

• Dairy

  • 2/3 cup Butter, frozen
  • 1/4 cup Butter
  • 1/4 cup Milk

• Other

  • 6 tablespoons to 10 ice cold water

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Description

Directions

• Sift two cups of flour into a large bowl and grate the frozen butter into the bowl. Using two forks, cut the butter into the flour until the consistency is very fine, like corn meal.
• Add a tablespoon of vinegar and toss to combine. Add, a tablespoon at a time, ice cold water, tossing and cutting it into the dough each time. How many tablespoons you need will depend on the weather, but keep adding until the dough sticks together but isnt soggy.
• Separate the dough into two balls and wrap in plastic wrap. Put them in the fridge for 15 minutes or until it is easy to handle.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Take out one of the balls of dough and roll it out into a circle on a lightly floured surface. Make sure it is slightly larger then an 8-inch pie tin.
• Carefully place the rolled out crust into the pie tin and flute the edges. The dough will shrink in the oven so make sure the flutes arent on the inside edge of the pie tin. Poke the dough with a fork in the center and along the edges. Put in the oven for 10 minutes.
• Take it out and let it cool. Place foil around the edges and the prepare the filling.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Toss together sugar, corn meal, and flour.
• Stir eggs and add to the dry mixture.
• Stir in the lemon zest, milk, melted butter, and lemon juice.
• Pour into the pie shell and bake for 1 hour. Check the pie. If it has risen slightly, including the middle and is a golden yellow color with a crusty top, it is done. If the middle is still sunken and moves like a wave cook for 10 to 30 minutes more, adding 10 minutes at a time until the middle is done.