Chess Pie with Blackened Pineapple Salsa and Caramel Sauce

Name: Chess Pie with Blackened Pineapple Salsa and Caramel Sauce
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 118 milliliters well-shaken buttermilk; 3 Tbsps cornmeal; 1 Tbsp dark rum; 2 larges egg yolks; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 355 milliliters granulated sugar; 118 milliliters heavy cream at room temperature; 4 Tbsps ice water; 12 teaspoons kosher salt; 3 Tbsps packed light brown sugar; 59 milliliters fresh lime juice; 1 Tbsp grated lime zest; 1 teaspoons grated nutmeg; 1 pineapple (preferably labeled extra sweet), peeled and sliced crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick rounds; 2 Tbsps plain Greek-style yogurt at room temperature; 1 teaspoons salt; 3 Tbsps unsalted butter, melted; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 3 Tbsps peanut or vegetable oil, divided; 2 Tbsps cold vegetable shortening (trans-fat-free); 59 milliliters water; 4 larges whole large eggs

You can never have too many Southern recipes, so give Chess Pie with Blackened Pineapple Salsan and Caramel Sauce a try. This recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. This dessert has 727 calories, 10g of protein, and 30g of fat per serving. A mixture of ice water, heavy cream, brown sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 4 hours.

Instructions

Stir together flour, sugar, and salt in a large bowl (or pulse in a food processor).

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Food Processor

Bowl

Add butter and shortening and blend with your fingertips or a pastry blender (or pulse) just until mixture resembles coarse meal with some roughly pea-size butter lumps.

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Shortening

Butter

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Blender

Drizzle 4 tablespoons ice water evenly over mixture and gently stir with a fork (or pulse) until incorporated.

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Water

Squeeze a small handful: If dough doesn’t hold together, add more ice water, 1/2 tablespoon at a time, stirring (or pulsing) until incorporated. (Do not overwork dough or pastry will be tough.)

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Water

Dough

Turn out dough onto a work surface and form into a ball, then flatten into a 5-inch disk. Chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, at least 1 1/2 hours.

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Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over high heat until it shimmers. Sear pineapple in 2 batches, turning once, until well blackened, about 6 minutes per batch, adding remaining tablespoon oil between batches.

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Pineapple

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Transfer to paper towels to drain and cool briefly, then cut pineapple into 1/4-inch pieces, discarding core.

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Pineapple

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Paper Towels

Whisk together lime zest, lime juice, rum, and brown sugar in a medium bowl. Stir in pineapple and chill until ready to use.

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Brown Sugar

Lime Juice

Lime Zest

Pineapple

Rum

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Whisk

Bowl

Bring sugar and water to a boil in a 10-inch heavy skillet, stirring until sugar has dissolved, then wash down any sugar crystals from side of skillet with a pastry brush dipped in cold water. Boil, without stirring, swirling pan occasionally, until dark amber, 7 to 8 minutes. Cool 2 minutes, then whisk in butter, cream, and yogurt.

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Butter

Yogurt

Cream

Sugar

Water

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Pastry Brush

Frying Pan

Whisk

Transfer to a bowl and chill.

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Bowl

Preheat oven to 375°F with rack in middle.

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Oven

Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into an 11-inch round (about 1/8 inch thick), then fit into tart pan. Trim excess dough flush with rim, then press side to make dough come up slightly above rim. Lightly prick bottom all over with a fork, then chill 30 minutes.

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Dough

Roll

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Rolling Pin

Tart Form

Line tart shell with foil and fill with pie weights.

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Aluminum Foil

Bake on a baking sheet until side is set and edge is pale golden, about 15 minutes. Carefully remove foil and weights and continue to bake until pale golden all over, about 25 minutes more, loosely covering edges with foil if they get too dark. Cool shell in tart pan 15 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Tart Form

Aluminum Foil

Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.

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Oven

Whisk together eggs, yolks, and sugar in a large bowl, then whisk in remaining ingredients.

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Sugar

Egg Yolk

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Transfer filling to tart shell and bake until a light crust forms on top and filling is set 3 inches from edge but center is still wobbly, 45 to 50 minutes (filling will be slightly puffed and will continue to set as it cools).

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Crust

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Oven

Serve slightly warm or at room temperature, topped with pineapple salsa and drizzled with caramel sauce.

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Caramel Sauce

Pineapple

Salsa

•Dough can be made 1 day ahead and chilled.•Pineapple salsa and caramel sauce can be made 2 days ahead and chilled separately. Bring to room temperature before serving.•Chess pie can be baked 8 hours ahead and kept at room temperature.

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Caramel Sauce

Pineapple

Dough

Salsa

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Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern can be paired with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Selbach Oster Mosel Riesling Kabinett. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 15 dollars per bottle.