Lemon Buttermilk Chess Tart Recipes

LEMON BUTTERMILK CHESS PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a bowl, combine sugar, cornmeal, flour and salt.
• In another bowl, beat eggs thoroughly.
• Add sugar mixture; mix well.
• Add melted butter, lemon zest and juice, buttermilk and vanilla to egg mixture, mixing to blend thoroughly after each addition to prevent lumping.
• Pour the mixture into the unbaked pie shell; bake for 30 to 45 minutes or until the top is golden brown and custard is set.
• Remove pie to rack; cool completely.
• Sprinkle top with confectioners' sugar and garnish each serving with whipped cream.

LEMON CHESS TARTLETS

Steps:

• Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the cream cheese and butter until creamy. Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually add the flour. Mix just until combined.
• Shape the dough into 48 balls, using a scant tablespoon of dough at a time. Place the dough balls on a baking sheet. Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 48 mini muffin cups.
• Place 1 dough ball into each cup. Press the dough into the bottom and up the sides of the cups, forming a pastry shell. If you have a tart tamper, this is a perfect use for it. Coat it lightly with a bit of flour to keep the dough from sticking to it.
• Whisk together the eggs, sugar, buttermilk, lemon juice, and melted butter. Fill each pastry shell with the mixture.
• Bake 18-22 minutes, or until the filling is set. Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Then, carefully remove the tarts from the pans to cool completely on wire racks.

LEMON BUTTERMILK CHESS TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and set aside a 9 inch tart pan
• Place flour, salt, and sugar into the bowl of a food processor and pulse to combine.
• Slowly add the chilled and cubed butter to the flour mixture and pulse in between each addition until pea-sized lumps form
• Continue pulsing and add ice cold water at a slow stream and process until the dough comes together into a ball
• Remove the dough from the food processor and place on a floured surface
• Knead the dough until fully combined and reaches the perfect consistency (add flour if needed)
• Divide the dough in half and wrap each piece with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes before using
• Once the dough is chilled and you are ready to roll out your tart shell, lightly flour the surface and roll out the chilled dough into an ⅛ inch thick
• Shape the dough into the 9 inch tart pan, pressing the center and sides down
• Refrigerate the tart shell for 10 minutes before baking
• Remove the tart shell from the refrigerator and place a piece of parchment paper on the top of the dough and fill the shell with pie weights or rice to pre bake the tart shell
• Pre bake the shell for 10 minutes
• If the dough still seems to be undercooked remove the pie weights from the tart shell and continue baking for 4 minutes)
• Remove the pre baked tart shell from the oven and allow it to cool completely while you are making the filling

SOUTHERN LEMON CHESS PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cream the butter and sugar, and add the eggs one by one. Blend in the lemon juice, zest, buttermilk, vanilla and cornmeal so you have a light mixture. Pour filling into pie shell and bake for 10 minutes. Lower temperature to 325 degrees and bake for 20 minutes or more until center is almost completely set.
• TIP: LEMON PEPPER
• This is a great tip to lower your salt intake. Just peel the zest from a lemon, avoiding the white pith which is bitter. Bake at a low temperature, like 300 for about 2035 minutes, until peel is dry (temperature depends on how big a batch). Coarsely chop, and blend in a spice grinder with 15 black peppercorns, 10 white peppercorns, 8 allspice berries, 1/2 teaspoon onion powder. Pulse to combine.
• LEMON BUTTER
• Soft butter. Juice lemons, add shallots and parsley. Season with salt and white pepper. Mix well and form into logs for serving and freezing.

BUTTERMILK CHESS PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.)
• In a large bowl, combine sugar and flour. Beat in the eggs and buttermilk until blended. Stir in the melted butter and vanilla. Pour filling into the pie crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until filling is set, about 45 minutes.

LEMON BUTTERMILK CHESS TARTLETS

Steps:

• Roll out the dough 1/8 inch thick on a floured surface, fit it into 8 tartlet tins, each 3 3/4 inches across the top and 3/4 inch deep, and roll a rolling pin over the edges of the tins to trim the excess dough. Chill the shells for 30 minutes.
• In a bowl with an electric mixer cream the butter with the sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy, beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and beat in the buttermilk, the cornmeal, the grated zest, the lemon juice, and the salt. Divide the mixture among the tartlet shells and bake the tartlets on a baking sheet in the lower third of a preheated 425°F. oven for 15 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350°F. and bake the tartlets for 10 to 15 minutes more, or until they are golden and set. Let the tartlets cool in the tins on racks until they can be handled, remove them from the tins, and let them cool completely on the racks. The tartlets may be made 1 day in advance and kept covered loosely in a cool place. Dust the tartlets lightly with the confectioners' sugar and garnish them with the lemon zest knots.