Buttermilk Pie

Brenda.'s Note:

A Southern treat from Martha Stewart

• Total Time: 3 hrs 45 mins
• Prep Time: 2 hrs
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 45 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 10inch ...

Graham Cracker coated pie crust

• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup unsalted butter
• ¼ cup ice water
• 4 graham crackers , finely ground (1/2 cup)

Pie

• 3 cups buttermilk
• ½ cup unsalted butter , melted and cooled
• 8 large egg yolks
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups sugar
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest , grated

Directions:

1. For crust: Use a 10-inch pie plate.
2. Pulse flour and salt in food processor.
3. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
4. With machine running, add ice water a little at a time until dough just holds together.
5. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured work surface and flatten into a disk.
6. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour.
7. Spread graham crumbs on clean work surface.
8. Roll out dough on top of crumbs, coating both sides, int6o a 14 inch round about 1/8 inch thick.
9. Fit into pie plate, crimp edges and refrigerate shell at least 30 minutes.
10. For Pie: Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
11. Prick bottom of shell with a fork, line shell with foil, fill with dried beans and bake until edges are lightly browned- about 25 minutes.
12. Remove foil and bake another 10 minutes to lightly brown bottom of crust.
13. Cool completely.
14. Reduce oven to 350.
15. In a bowl, whisk together buttermilk, butter, egg yolks and vanilla.
16. In another bowl combine sugar, flour and salt.
17. Whisk liquid ingredients into dry ingredients.
18. Pass through a fine strainer into a clean bowl.
19. Stir in lemon zest.
20. Pour mixture into pie shell and bake until center is just set, about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
21. Cool and refrigerate at least 4 hours.
22. Serve with berry sauce.

Reviews

[Chef Wahoo]

Awesome Pie! Thank you for posting. I tried 3 other pie's off of RZ and this one was surely the TOP! This should be listed as Lemon Buttermilk Pie as the zest definitely makes a lemon pie out of this one. This one is definitely Restaurant quality! Made the second time with a normal crust instead of the graham as I was looking for an old fashion type pie.

[Dreamgoddess]

Oh my, this was wonderful and the lemon flavor was perfect! I can't wait to make this one again. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

[*Shelly*]

This is a light, tangy and lemony pie. I'm not much for desserts as most are high up on the gag factor due to too much sugar. But this pie is great. I think the name of it may make some people run away screaming but believe me it is simple and tasty and you will want more than you should eat. :)