Dessert for 8

Lemon Chess Pie

Name: Lemon Chess Pie
Total time: 95 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: British and Irish
Ingredients: 5 large eggs; 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar; 1 lemon; 3 tbsp lemon juice; 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 2 tbsp cornmeal; 1 tbsp all-purpose flour; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 cup unsalted butter; confectioners' sugar (optional)

A sweet lemon and egg filling bakes in a pie shell until firm, tender, and lightly golden on top.

Typical price

$2.29for 4 servings

$0.57 per serving$2.29 for 4

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95 minstart to table
Involveddifficulty
8servings as written
$typical cost tier

British and Irish Vegetarian Budget Desserts

What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
Eggs$0.30 each typical	5	$1.50Typical price
Lemons and limes$0.60 each typical	1	$0.60Typical price
Juice, soda and mixers$0.04/oz typical	1.5 oz	$0.06Typical price
Cornmeal, grits, polenta$0.08/oz typical	0.75 oz	$0.05Typical price
Butter$0.40/oz typical	4 oz	$1.60Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$4.58

Pantry staples you likely have

Sugar and brown sugarCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaFlourSyrups, molasses, powdered sugar

Not included in the cost.

Ingredients

5 large eggs
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
1 lemon
3 tbsp lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp cornmeal
1 tbsp all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter
confectioners' sugar (optional)

Steps

Heat the oven to 350 F and place the pie shell in a 9-inch pie pan.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan and cool it for 5 minutes.
Whisk the eggs, sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, vanilla, cornmeal, flour, and salt in a bowl.
Whisk in the melted butter until the filling is smooth.
Pour the filling into the pie shell and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until the center is set and the eggs are firm.
Cool the pie for 15 minutes before slicing.