Buttermilk Pie - from Porch Pies - Pies to the Stars

This is the recipe used by Robyn Poarch, an Alabama girl now living in Los Angeles and making pies for the stars. Her clients include Courtney Cox, Ben Stiller, Laura Dern and Steven Spielberg. When asked to describe a buttermilk pie, she says it's kind of like a Southern creme brulee. The crust needs to be nice and cold going into the oven to make it work. The colder the crust the better. For more info, go to porchpies.com.

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1  pie crust
• 1⁄2 cup butter, melted
• 3  eggs
• 3⁄4 cup buttermilk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2  tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 3⁄4 cups sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°.
2. In a medium mixing bowl, mix the butter and eggs together until well combined. Add the buttermilk and vanilla, and mix well.
3. Combine the flour, sugar and salt, and mix into the liquid. Pour the filling into the unbaked chilled pie crust and bake on middle rack until set and lightly browned on top, about 50 minutes. Let cool on a rack.
4. Delicious warm, at room temperature, or chilled.