Sesame Chess Pie

Name: Sesame Chess Pie
Yield: Makes one 9-inch (23-cm) pie
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ½ cup (120 ml) heavy cream; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 bottom crust, crimped (½ recipe any crust type); 1 bottom crust, crimped (½ recipe any crust type); 3 eggs; 2 egg yolks; ¼ cup (60 ml) tahini; ⅓ cup (75 ml) buttermilk; 2 tablespoons white sesame seeds; ½ teaspoon salt; 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 3 tablespoons extra-fine cornmeal; 1¼ cups (250 g) sugar

Preparation info

Makes
one
9 inch pie

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pie for Everyone

By Petra Paredez

Published 2020

About

The question that generated this recipe was pretty simple: What if we replaced the butter in a chess pie with a seed or nut butter? To me, tahini was the most interesting “butter” to try. The resulting recipe is a cult hit, especially in our Manhattan location, where we’ve given this pie the efficient nickname “Chessame.”

Ingredients

1¼ cups (250 g) sugar
3 tablespoons extra-fine cornmeal

Americas
United States
Vegetarian
New York
Pie

Method

Preheat the oven to 400°F (205°C).

In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, cornmeal, flour, and salt. Whisk in the eggs, egg yolks, and tahini until the texture is consistent. Whisk in the buttermilk, cream, and vanilla until smooth.

Place the crust on a baking sheet