Rich and Velvety Custard Pie - F-N
- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
8-10
ingredients
-
CRUST
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cake flour
- 1 cup solid shortening (recommend Crisco)
- 2 tablespoons powdered butter flavoring
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- 1⁄3 cup ice water
- 1 egg white
-
FILLING
- 3 eggs
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 cup half-and-half
- 1 tablespoon real vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
directions
- Oven 350ºF.
-
CRUST:
- Mix all the dry ingredients together and cut in the shortening to resemble course crumbs.
- Beat the remaining ingredients, except the egg white, together and add to flour.
- Stir only to incorporate.
- Wrap in plastic and chill for several hours.
- Roll out and line pie dish.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Brush with an egg white and bake an additional 5 minutes.
- FILLING:.
- Preheat the oven to 400ºF.
- Scald the milk and half-and-half.
- Mix together the eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla. Add the hot milk.
- Very carefully pour through a fine strainer and into the pie shell.
- Grate nutmeg over the top of the filling.
- Bake for 10 minutes on the bottom rack and then move to the middle rack and REDUCE the heat to 325ºF.
- Bake for approximately 25 minutes, or until knife inserted in the middle comes out clean or until the middle of the pie is almost set.
- It will continue to cook after it is taken out of the oven. Cool on a rack.
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