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Prep Time: 120 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 121 Minutes Servings: 2 |
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A Southern treat from Martha Stewart Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour |
3/4 teaspoon salt |
1/2 cup unsalted butter |
1/4 cup ice water |
4 graham crackers, finely ground (1/2 cup) |
3 cups buttermilk |
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled |
8 large egg yolks |
2 teaspoons vanilla |
2 cups sugar |
1/2 cup all-purpose flour |
1/2 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.
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