Lemon Chess Pie

Name: Lemon Chess Pie
Prep time: 41 min
Cook time: 41 min
Total time: 41 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 59 milliliters melted butter; 1 egg white, lightly beaten; 4 larges eggs, separated; 118 milliliters fresh lemon juice; 170 grams ready-made shortbread piecrust; 177 milliliters sugar; 8 servings Garnishes: whipped cream, fresh raspberries

Lemon Chess Pie is a vegetarian dessert. One portion of this dish contains roughly 5g of protein, 15g of fat, and a total of 273 calories. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. If you have butter, lemon juice, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 41 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Brush piecrust with beaten egg white.

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Egg Whites

Pie Crust

Bake 6 minutes.

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Remove from oven, and cool completely on a wire rack (about 30 minutes).

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Wire Rack

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Beat 4 egg whites at high speed with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form.

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Egg Whites

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Whisk together 4 egg yolks, sugar, and melted butter in a large bowl until blended. Stir in lemon juice. Fold in egg whites.

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Lemon Juice

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Butter

Sugar

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Pour mixture into cooled piecrust, and place pie on a baking sheet.

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Pie Crust

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Bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes or until set, shielding edges with aluminum foil after 20 minutes to prevent excessive browning.

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Remove from oven to wire rack, and cool completely (about 1 hour).

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Garnish, if desired.

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Ingredients

Servings:

59milliliters

melted butter 1

egg white, lightly beaten 4larges

eggs, separated 118milliliters

fresh lemon juice 170grams

ready-made shortbread piecrust 177milliliters

sugar 8servings

Garnishes: whipped cream, fresh raspberries

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. One wine you could try is Domaine Leseurre Dry Cuvee Classique Riesling. It has 4.8 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 23 dollars.