Buttermilk Silk Pie

Name: Buttermilk Silk Pie
Ingredients: 1 large whole egg; 3 large egg yolks; 1 cup sugar; 3 tablespoons cornstarch; Basic Pie Dough for a 1-crust pie; Basic Pie Dough for a 1-crust pie; 1½ cups buttermilk; 6 tablespoons (¾ stick) unsalted butter, melted; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Preparation info

Makes one 9 inch pie; serves about
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Classic Home Desserts

By Richard Sax

Published 1994

About

Like chess pie and pecan pie, buttermilk pie can be baked in any season, when there’s little fresh fruit in the larder. If you’ve never tried it, buttermilk pie is like custard pie, but with a gently mellow flavor that’s almost like cheesecake. It’s plain and wonderfully smooth. I like it best without the meringue that often tops it.

Ingredients

Basic Pie Dough for a 1-crust pie
1 cup sugar
3

Dessert
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface into a large circle about ⅛ inch thick. Fit it, without stretching, into a buttered 9-inch pie pan. Trim the edge, leaving a