Browned Butter Chess Pie
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/4 cup cold vegetable shortening, cut into pieces
- 1/4 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 2 to 3 tablespoons ice water
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon yellow cornmeal
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Combine first 4 ingredients in a bowl with a pastry blender until mixture resembles small peas. Sprinkle with ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time; stir with a fork until ingredients are moistened. Shape dough into a ball, cover with plastic wrap, and chill 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 425u0b0. Roll dough into an 11-inch circle on a lightly floured surface. Fit into a 9-inch pie plate; fold edges under and crimp. Line pastry with aluminum foil, and fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake 10 minutes. Remove pie weights and foil, and let cool completely.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350u0b0. Cook butter in a medium skillet over medium heat, stirring often, 5 to 6 minutes or until butter just begins to turn light brown. Transfer to a small bowl.
- Whisk together eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla in a medium bowl until smooth. Add sugar and next 3 ingredients, whisking until smooth. Whisk in brown butter. Pour mixture into cooled piecrust.
- Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until filling is lightly browned. Let cool completely on a wire rack.
flour, salt, cold vegetable shortening, cold unsalted butter, water, unsalted butter, eggs, lemon juice, vanilla, sugar, yellow cornmeal, flour, salt
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/browned-butter-chess-pie (may not work)