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.

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