Buttermilk Pie Food

CHEF JOHN'S BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Roll out pie dough large enough to fit pie dish with just a bit of overhang. Transfer dough to pie dish and gently fit into dish. Trim excess dough hanging over the edge. Fold about 1/2 inch of the edge of the dough to the inside edge of the pie crust to reinforce it. Crimp the edge. Prick the bottom and sides of the crust with a fork about 10 times. Place a sheet of parchment paper gently into the crust and fill with pie weights or dried beans so pie crust doesn't bubble up with you bake it.
• Bake in preheated oven 15 minutes. Remove dish from oven; lift weights from pan with edges of parchment paper. Allow crust to cool completely.
• Place butter in mixing bowl; add sugar. Smear together until completely combined using a spatula, 4 or 5 minutes. Add flour and salt. Mix together until combined. Stir in 3 eggs; mix until slightly blended. Then using a whisk, whisk together until mixture is fairly smooth and creamy.
• Pour in vanilla extract. Add nutmeg, zest of lemon, lemon juice, and buttermilk. Whisk until thoroughly mixed, 2 or 3 minutes. Pour into pie shell.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden brown and just set, 45 to 55 minutes. Pie should have a slight wiggle, but not a soupy "jiggle." Cool to room temperature. Refrigerate until chilled, 1 to 2 hours.

BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a mixer with a whisk attachment, cream the butter well then add the sugar and continue to cream until light and fluffy. Add the yolks and blend in; then mix in the flour. With the mixer on add the buttermilk slowly then the lemon juice and rind.
• In a separate bowl, whip the egg whites to stiff peaks. Fold 1/3 of them into the buttermilk batter, then a second and third addition folding after each one.
• Pour the filling into the blind baked crust and sprinkle the top with nutmeg. Bake for 40 minutes until the top is golden brown and the filling is firm looking. Cool and serve at room temperature.

BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Let the buttermilk and eggs come to room temperature 1 hour before making the filling.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Ease the dough into a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate and crimp as desired. Pierce all over with a fork. Line the dough with foil, then fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake until the edges are golden, about 20 minutes. Remove the parchment and weights and continue baking until lightly golden all over, about 10 more minutes. Let cool completely on a rack.
• Make the filling: Beat the butter and sugar in a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment (or use a hand mixer) on medium-high speed until combined, about 1 minute. Add the egg yolks and beat until pale and thick, about 1 minute. Reduce the mixer speed to medium low; add the flour, lemon juice, lemon zest, nutmeg and salt and beat until just incorporated. Increase the speed to medium high and slowly pour in the buttermilk. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and continue beating until combined. Transfer to a large bowl.
• Clean the mixer and whisk attachment. Add the egg whites and beat on medium-high speed until stiff peaks form, about 4 minutes. Fold the egg whites into the yolk mixture in three additions until no white streaks remain. Pour the filling into the prepared crust. Transfer to a baking sheet and bake until golden and set around the edges (the center will still jiggle), 45 to 50 minutes, rotating the pie halfway through. Let cool on a rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Beat the butter and sugar together until light.
• Add the eggs and beat; then beat in vanilla.
• Sift the dry ingredients together and add to the batter alternatively with the buttermilk; beat until smooth.
• Pour into a deep dish pie shell and bake at 400F for 10 minutes, reduce heat to 350F and bake for 50-60 additional minutes.
• Pie should turn a nice golden brown and a knife inserted should come out clean.
• I think it is absolutely best when it is just still warm. (Not too hot, or it will be like napalm.).

BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl, combine the sugar, flour, and lemon zest. Whisk in the eggs, 1at a time. Stir in the buttermilk and melted butter. Pour the buttermilk mixture into the pie shell and bake until the top is lightly browned and the center sets, about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool to room temperature. Slice the pie into individual servings. Garnish with the whipped cream and mint.

BUTTERMILK PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Make the crust: Pulse the flour, granulated sugar and salt in a food processor to combine. Add the shortening and half of the butter, a few pieces at a time, and pulse until it looks like coarse meal. Add the remaining butter and pulse until the dough begins forming a ball. Add the vinegar and 2 tablespoons ice water; pulse a few more times until the dough is smooth. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and squeeze together, then roll out into a 12-inch round. Ease into a 9-inch pie plate, pressing the dough into the bottom and up the side. Fold the overhanging dough under itself and crimp with your fingers or a fork. Freeze until firm, about 1 hour.
• Put a baking sheet on the middle oven rack and preheat to 375 degrees F. Line the crust with foil, then fill with pie weights or dried beans. Transfer to the hot baking sheet and bake until lightly golden around the edge, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a rack, remove the foil and weights and let cool completely; leave the baking sheet in the oven.
• Meanwhile, make the filling: Whisk the pumpkin puree, melted butter, eggs, brown sugar, granulated sugar, allspice and cinnamon in a medium bowl until well combined. Add the buttermilk and flour and whisk until smooth. Pour into the cooled crust and return to the hot baking sheet in the oven. Bake until the filling is set, 50 minutes to 1 hour (the top may crack slightly). Transfer to a rack and let cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar just before serving.

BUTTERMILK PIE FILLING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In metal bowl, combine sugar and flour. In another bowl, lightly beat the eggs and add them to the sugar mixture, combining well. Blend the butter into the mixture using the back of a spoon. Add the buttermilk and blend with a whisk. If the butter has not incorporated by this step set the bowl over a pan of simmering water to help soften the butter. Add the lime juice, vanilla and nutmeg. Blend well. Slowly pour the custard filling into the pie crust. Set the pie on a baking sheet and place it in the oven for 1 hour. Remove pie and let it cool before cutting.
• Combine the butter, shortening, 2 cups of the cake flour, and 1 cup of the all-purpose flour. Blend together. Stop mixer, scrape the sides and add remaining 2 cups of cake flour and remaining 1 cup of all-purpose flour. Blend to combine completely. Mix sugar and salt into 1/4 cup of the water and add it to the flour mixture. Blend briefly and add the remaining water if needed. The dough should not be overworked and should make a solid piece when held in your hand. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured smooth surface and knead it several times. Divide the dough into portions and flatten it. Wrap unused dough in plastic. Roll out the dough to fit a 9-inch pie pan. Reserve any unused dough in the freezer for another use.
• Preheat oven to 475 degrees F. Prick bottom and sides of pastry with fork. Bake 12 minutes or until light brown. Cool on wire rack.

SOUTHERN BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Process cream cheese, butter and 1-1/2 cups flour in food processor 30 sec. or until ingredients are well blended and forms dough that pulls away from side of food processor container.
• Remove dough from food processor; shape into ball. Flatten into disk. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Roll out dough between 2 sheets of floured waxed paper to 10-inch round. Remove and discard waxed paper. Gently press dough onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate; flute edge of crust. Prick bottom of crust with fork.
• Whisk eggs, buttermilk, COOL WHIP and vanilla in medium bowl until blended. Add sugar and remaining flour; mix well. Pour into crust.
• Bake 40 to 45 min. or until center is set and top is golden brown. Cool completely.

BUTTERMILK PIE CRUST DOUGH

Steps:

• Combine flour, sugar and salt in large bowl. Add butter and shortening. Cut in using hands or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add buttermilk and stir with fork until moist clumps form. (Dough can also be prepared in processor. Using on/off turns, cut butter and shortening into dry ingredients until coarse meal forms. Add buttermilk and process just until moist clumps form.) Press together to form dough. Divide dough in half. Gather dough into balls; flatten into disks. Wrap separately and chill 1 hour. (Can be prepared ahead. Refrigerate 1 week or freeze 1 month. Let dough stand at room temperature to soften slightly before using.)

BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• For crust: Use a 10-inch pie plate.
• Pulse flour and salt in food processor.
• Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• With machine running, add ice water a little at a time until dough just holds together.
• Turn out dough onto a lightly floured work surface and flatten into a disk.
• Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Spread graham crumbs on clean work surface.
• Roll out dough on top of crumbs, coating both sides, int6o a 14 inch round about 1/8 inch thick.
• Fit into pie plate, crimp edges and refrigerate shell at least 30 minutes.
• For Pie: Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Prick bottom of shell with a fork, line shell with foil, fill with dried beans and bake until edges are lightly browned- about 25 minutes.
• Remove foil and bake another 10 minutes to lightly brown bottom of crust.
• Cool completely.
• Reduce oven to 350.
• In a bowl, whisk together buttermilk, butter, egg yolks and vanilla.
• In another bowl combine sugar, flour and salt.
• Whisk liquid ingredients into dry ingredients.
• Pass through a fine strainer into a clean bowl.
• Stir in lemon zest.
• Pour mixture into pie shell and bake until center is just set, about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• Cool and refrigerate at least 4 hours.
• Serve with berry sauce.

BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Mix ingredients by hand one at a time.
• Bake in an unbaked pie shell 50-60 minutes at 350 degrees - until set.
• Fills one regular pie crust.

LEMON BUTTERMILK PIE WITH SAFFRON

Steps:

• For buttermilk pie dough:
• Pulse flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor to combine. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal with a few pea-size pieces of butter remaining.
• Transfer to a large bowl and add buttermilk. Mix with a fork, adding more buttermilk by the tablespoon if needed, just until a shaggy dough comes together; knead very lightly until no dry spots remain. Pat into a disk and wrap in plastic. Chill at least 4 hours.
• DO AHEAD: Dough can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled.
• For filling and assembly:
• Preheat oven to 325°F. Roll out pie dough on a lightly floured surface to a 14" round. Transfer to a 9" pie dish, allowing dough to slump down into dish. Trim dough, leaving about 1" overhang. Fold overhang under and crimp edge. Prick bottom all over with a fork. Freeze 15 minutes.
• Line crust with parchment paper or foil, leaving an overhang, and fill with pie weights or dried beans. Place pie dish on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until crust is dry around the edge, 20-25 minutes. Remove parchment and weights; bake until surface looks dry, 10-12 minutes longer.
• Meanwhile, blend egg yolks, eggs, buttermilk, sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt, and saffron in a blender until smooth. With motor running, add 2 tablespoons flour, then butter. Tap blender jar against countertop to burst any air bubbles in filling and pour into warm crust.
• Bake pie, rotating halfway through and covering edges with foil if they brown too much before filling is done, until filling is set around edge but center jiggles slightly, 55-65 minutes. Transfer pie dish to a wire rack and let pie cool. Serve pie with whipped cream.
• DO AHEAD: Pie can be baked 2 days ahead. Keep at room temperature up to 6 hours; cover and chill to hold longer.

BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Mix together all above ingredients; pour into pie shells.
• Bake at 350°F for 45-60 minutes.
• Usually I let it get golden brown.

PERFECT BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar together.
• Add egg yolks and beat well.
• Add flour, salt, lemon juice and rind; mix thoroughly.
• Add buttermilk and mix well.
• Fold in beaten egg whites.
• Pour filling into crust and bake for 10 minutes at 450 degrees.
• Lower heat to 350 degrees and continue baking 40 minutes.
• May need to cover crust edges with foil it starts to get too brown.

BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 degrees C).
• Beat eggs until frothy; add butter, sugar and flour. Beat until smooth.
• Stir in buttermilk, vanilla, lemon juice and nutmeg; pour into pie shell.
• Bake for 40 to 60 minutes, or until center is firm.