Texas Twister Buttermilk Pie

• 3 red fresno peppers
• 4 jalapenos
• 1 and 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup super fine sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 1/2 cups AP flour
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground chili (NOT chili powder with other stuff in it too - my sister sent me some sundried chili from New Mexico that is AMAZING - but ground ancho will work fine - there are a bunch of kinds on line too)
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons lime zest
• 2 teaspoons lime juice

1. Make the sugared pepper rings: bring 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water to a simmer, then turn off the heat. Core and seed the fresnos, core and seed 3 of the jalapenos. Slice them into thin rings and put them in the simple syrup. Let them soak for a half hour. Strain them out - SAVE THE SYRUP! shake them pretty dry, then gently toss them in the superfine sugar. Spread them out on a sheet pan covered with parchment to dry for several hours or over night. Put the syrup in the fridge.
2. Make the pie crust: cut half the butter up and put it in the freezer for about a half hour. Put 1 cup plus 2 tbs flour in your food processor, add the salt, chili powder and butter. Pulse a few times to blend. Add 1 tbs of your spicy simple syrup and pulse, then add ice water 1 tbs at a time and pulse until the dough just comes together. Pat the dough into a disc, wrap in plastic, and into the fridge for a half hour.
3. Heat the oven to 350. Flour your rolling surface and roll the dough out to fit a standard 10" pie plate. Lay the crust into the pie plate and trim the edges (Amanda and Merrill have a video the shows rolling and trimming here on Food52) then pierce it a few times with a fork. Lay a sheet of parchment across and add pie weights or rice and beans. Put it on a cookie sheet (this makes moving it in and out of the oven a LOT easier plus the pie is a buttery sucker and will drip a little) and bake for 10 minutes, then remove the weights and bake 5 more minutes.
4. Meanwhile make the filling. Melt the rest of the butter, and finely mince the other jalapeno - no seeds please! Beat the buttermilk, eggs, 1 tbs flour and remaining cup of sugar. Add 1 teaspoon of the minced jalapeno, the melted butter, and lime juice and zest and mix.
5. Now, pour the mixture into your pie crust, and use a pastry brush to get the butter remnants from the pan you melted it in and brush the edges of the crust. Bake until the custard is set - 30-35 minutes. Cool completely, adorn with your sugared pepper rings, and enjoy! Sharing with neighbors is always nice ....

peppers, jalapenos, sugar, sugar, water, flour, unsalted butter, salt, ground chili, buttermilk, eggs, lime zest, lime juice

Taken from food52.com/recipes/13556-texas-twister-buttermilk-pie (may not work)