Lucille Downer’s Taste of the Peninsula: Lemon Buttermilk Pie
Published 5:00 pm Tuesday, September 11, 2007
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon flour
2 eggs
2 egg yolks (save the whites for another use )
1 teaspoon vanilla
Juice and minced zest from one lemon
1 9-inch unbaked pie shell.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk all ingredients together until well-blended. Put pie shell on a baking sheet. Pour filling into pie shell. Bake until filling is set, 40 to 50 minutes. A knife should come out clean when tested. Cool pie for a few minutes at room temperature.
Topping:
2 pints fresh strawberries, hulled and halved.
Set aside.
Heat together 1/4 cup honey and the juice of 1 lime until honey is melted. Pour over berries. Let stand 5 minutes.
Combine 1 cup heavy cream, whipped and sweetened with powdered sugar flavored with 1 teaspoon vanilla.
Serve topping on the side to avoid crushing the pie filling.