Cook the Book: Sweet Tea Lemon Chess Pie

Name: Cook the Book: Sweet Tea Lemon Chess Pie
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar; 2 teaspoons cornmeal; 85 grams cream cheese, at room temperature; 8 larges egg yolks; 473 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice; 1 Zest of lemon; 2 Tbsps unbleached all-purpose flour; 227 grams (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract; 177 milliliters warm, freshly brewed strong orange pekoe tea

The recipe Cook the Book: Sweet Tea Lemon Chess Pie could satisfy your Southern craving in roughly 1 hour and 10 minutes. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 404 calories, 3g of protein, and 25g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 10. Head to the store and pick up apple cider vinegar, vanillan extract, cream cheese, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

For the crust: Beat the cream cheese and butter in a bowl with an electric mixer until well-combined.

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Cream Cheese

Butter

Crust

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add the flour and mix at low speed until the dough comes together into a ball. Pat the dough evenly and thinly into a 9-inch pie pan, building up a thicker top edge.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Pie Form

Place the pie shell in the freezer while preparing the filling.

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Pie Crust

For the filling: Beat the butter in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the sugar. Beat in the zest.

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Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add the egg yolks 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition and scraping the bowl often. Slowly add the tea, vanilla, vinegar, and lemon juice.

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Lemon Juice

Egg Yolk

Vanilla

Vinegar

Tea

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Bowl

Add the flour and cornmeal. Scrape the bowl and mix well. Don’t be alarmed if the mixture looks slightly curdled.

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Cornmeal

All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

To assemble: Preheat the oven to 350ºF.

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Oven

Remove the pie shell from the freezer and pour in the filling.

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Pie Crust

Bake until only a quarter-sized area in the center jiggles slightly when the pie is shaken gently, about 50 minutes. Cool to room temperature on a wire rack and then chill at least 2 hours before serving.

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Wire Rack

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Ingredients

Servings:

1teaspoon

apple cider vinegar 2teaspoons

cornmeal 85grams

cream cheese, at room temperature 8larges

egg yolks 473milliliters

granulated sugar 1Tbsp

fresh lemon juice 1

Zest of lemon 2Tbsps

unbleached all-purpose flour 227grams

(2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature 1Tbsp

vanilla extract 177milliliters

warm, freshly brewed strong orange pekoe tea

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are great choices for Southern. 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. The Schloss Vollrads Riesling Spatlese with a 4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 29 dollars per bottle.