Lemon Chess Pie Martha Stewart Recipes

LEMON CHESS PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Unroll crust on a lightly floured surface. Transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond edge of plate; flute edge., In a large bowl, beat eggs for 3 minutes. Gradually add sugar; beat until mixture becomes thick and lemon-colored, 2 minutes. Beat in the lemon juice, butter, cornmeal, flour and salt. , Pour into pastry crust. Bake until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour. Refrigerate before serving, 3 hours.

CITRUS CHESS PIE

Steps:

• Separate 1 egg; whisk white with 1 teaspoon water, reserving yolk. On a lightly floured piece of parchment, roll out one disk of dough 1/8 inch thick. Transfer to a 9-inch pie dish. Trim to a 1-inch overhang, then tuck overhang under, forming a rim. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
• On a lightly floured piece of parchment, roll out second disk of dough 1/8 inch thick. Using a cake pan as a guide, cut an 8-inch round from dough; transfer to a baking sheet and refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes.
• Using a 3/4-inch decorative cutter and starting in center, make evenly spaced cutouts in chilled second round of dough, reserving 34 cutouts. (Bake remainder, or save for another purpose.) Return decorative top to refrigerator until chilled, about 30 minutes.
• Brush rim of piecrust with egg wash. Arrange cutouts evenly around edge, pressing gently to adhere. Refrigerate until chilled, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees with a rack in lower third and a parchment-lined baking sheet on a rack below. Carefully line crust with parchment, keeping it away from decorative rim. Fill with dried beans or pie weights. Brush tops of cutouts with egg wash.
• Bake until edges of pastry begin to turn golden, 22 to 25 minutes. Carefully remove parchment and beans, then reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees and return crust to oven. Continue to bake until crust is golden brown and dry on bottom, 10 to 15 minutes more. Let cool slightly on a wire rack. Tent edges of crust with foil.
• Brush decorative dough top with egg wash. Bake until golden and crisp, about 18 minutes. Let cool completely on rack.
• Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together both sugars, cornmeal, flour, and salt. Whisk in remaining 3 eggs, reserved yolk, orange zest and juice, lemon zest and juice, and vanilla. Whisk in butter. Pour filling into piecrust and bake until top is golden and center is slightly wobbly, about 40 minutes. Let cool completely on rack. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours and up to overnight. (Keep baked decorative pie top covered at room temperature.)
• Dust top of pie with confectioners' sugar and place decorative pie top in center; serve.

MARTHA'S LEMON MERINGUE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Fit a homemade or store-bought pie crust into a 9-inch pie plate; line crust with parchment paper and fill with dried beans or pie weights. Bake until crust is lightly browned, about 45 minutes. Carefully lift and remove paper with pie weights and let crust cool.
• Prepare Lemon Curd through step 1. Whisk together 1 cup cold water and 1/4 cup cornstarch add to lemon mixture along with butter in step 2 and continue as directed. Do not chill curd; pour directly into cooled crust and smooth top. Refrigerate until chilled and set, 3 hours (or up to 1 day).
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine egg whites, sugar and salt. Using an electric mixer, beat on medium-high until stiff peaks form. Pile meringue on pie, making sure it touches the crust all around. Bake until meringue begins to brown, 8 to 10 minutes.

LEMON CHESS PIE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 325°F.
• 2. Combine the sugar, lemon zest, and lemon juice in a medium- size bowl. Beat the eggs in, one by one, then add the butter in a slow stream, beating all the while.
• 3. Pour the filling into the pie shell, slide the pie onto a baking sheet, and bake on the middle oven shelf for about 45 minutes or until puffed and delicately browned.
• 4. Transfer the pie to a wire rack and cool to room temperature before cutting; don't fret when the filling begins to fall. This is what gives chess pies their silken texture. Cut into slim wedges and serve.