LEAH CHASE'S LEMON CHESS PIE
Pastry for a 9-inch single-crust pie, (store-bought or homemade)
2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons cornmeal
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 eggs, beaten well
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 cup evaporated milk
2 teaspoons grated lemon rind or zest
Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9-inch pie pan with crust, then crimp the edges decoratively.
In a medium bowl, combine the sugar, cornmeal, flour, and salt. Add the eggs, butter, lemon juice, milk, and lemon rind. Using a fork, mix well, stirring and scraping to combine everything evenly into a thick, smooth filling.
Pour into the piecrust and place the pan on the bottom shelf of the oven. Bake until the edges puff up and the center is fairly firm, wiggling only a little when you gently nudge the pan, 35 to 45 minutes.
Place the pie on a cooling rack or a folded kitchen towel and let cool to room temperature.
RECIPE NOTES:
"When legendary New Orleans Chef Leah Chase won the "Women Who Inspire" Lifetime Achievement Award from Women Chefs and Restaurateurs, she was delighted but a bit surprised. Sure, she's renowned as a chef, businesswoman, author, teacher, patron of the arts, parent, and community leader. True, luminaries from the worlds of politics, government, arts, entertainment, and business have dined gratefully at her restaurant Dooky Chase for more than fifty years, and her name is known in culinary circles around the world. But what's the fuss, she wondered? She's simply out there doing what she has to do, working hard, creating things, speaking out, mentoring, and making the world a better place, in and out of the kitchen. When Hurricane Katrina flooded her beautiful dining rooms with six feet of water, she waited for the waters to recede, and then put on her baseball cap, rolled up the sleeves of her chef's jacket, and marched in the kitchen door to get her stoves fired up once again. While her shrimp Clemenceau, gumbo z'herbes and trout amandine demand culinary expertise, her lemon chess pie is simple, straightforward, sunny, and wonderful, just like Mrs. Chase herself."
Makes one 9-inch pie
Source: Southern Pies by Nancie McDermott (Chronicle)
Pastry for a 9-inch single-crust pie, (store-bought or homemade)
2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons cornmeal
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 eggs, beaten well
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 cup evaporated milk
2 teaspoons grated lemon rind or zest
Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9-inch pie pan with crust, then crimp the edges decoratively.
In a medium bowl, combine the sugar, cornmeal, flour, and salt. Add the eggs, butter, lemon juice, milk, and lemon rind. Using a fork, mix well, stirring and scraping to combine everything evenly into a thick, smooth filling.
Pour into the piecrust and place the pan on the bottom shelf of the oven. Bake until the edges puff up and the center is fairly firm, wiggling only a little when you gently nudge the pan, 35 to 45 minutes.
Place the pie on a cooling rack or a folded kitchen towel and let cool to room temperature.
RECIPE NOTES:
"When legendary New Orleans Chef Leah Chase won the "Women Who Inspire" Lifetime Achievement Award from Women Chefs and Restaurateurs, she was delighted but a bit surprised. Sure, she's renowned as a chef, businesswoman, author, teacher, patron of the arts, parent, and community leader. True, luminaries from the worlds of politics, government, arts, entertainment, and business have dined gratefully at her restaurant Dooky Chase for more than fifty years, and her name is known in culinary circles around the world. But what's the fuss, she wondered? She's simply out there doing what she has to do, working hard, creating things, speaking out, mentoring, and making the world a better place, in and out of the kitchen. When Hurricane Katrina flooded her beautiful dining rooms with six feet of water, she waited for the waters to recede, and then put on her baseball cap, rolled up the sleeves of her chef's jacket, and marched in the kitchen door to get her stoves fired up once again. While her shrimp Clemenceau, gumbo z'herbes and trout amandine demand culinary expertise, her lemon chess pie is simple, straightforward, sunny, and wonderful, just like Mrs. Chase herself."
Makes one 9-inch pie
Source: Southern Pies by Nancie McDermott (Chronicle)
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