Buttermilk Pie
03:18Simply classic America pie, fantastic for pie beginners as this recipe is really easy to make.
Best served
with ice cream or fresh fruit.
You'll need...
For the pastry…
125g/4oz
plain flour
55g
butter, cubed
2-3
tablespoons of cold water
For
the filling…
110g
butter, softened
150g
sugar
5
eggs
240ml
buttermilk
1teaspoon
vanilla extract
2
tablespoons plain flour
1
lemon, juice and zest
To
make…
First
make the pastry, put the flour in a mixing bowl and add the butter. Use your
fingertips to rub the butter into the flour until you have a mixture that resembles
coarse breadcrumbs with no large lumps of butter remaining. Using a knife, stir
in just enough of the cold water to bind the dough together. Wrap the dough in
clingfilm and chill for 10-15 minutes before using.
Roll
out the dough on a floured glass worktop saver until around 5mm thick.
Using
the dough line a 20cm pie dish. Trim the edges and prick the base lightly with
a fork, chill for 30mins
Preheat
the oven to 230oC
Mix
the butter and sugar together until creamy, beat in the eggs one at a time.
Add
all the other ingredients and pour into the chilled pastry
Bake
for 10mins then turn the oven down to 190oC and bake for a further 35mins
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