Lemon Pie - Crostata di Limoni
A delicious Lemon Pie (Crostata di Limoni)... light and full of delicate flavors.
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Ingredients
For 4 Person(s)
For the Dough:
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- zest of lemon
- 1 juice of lemon
- pinch of salt
For the Cream:
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 2 large egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 juice of lemon
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Directions
- Dough Preparation:
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In a mixing bowl add 1 cup of flour, 1/2 cup of melted butter, 1/2 cup of sugar, 2 eggs, zest of one lemon, juice of one lemon and a pinch of salt.
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Mix all the ingredients into a ball of dough with uniform consistency. Make sure you work the dough really well.
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Let the dough rest for one hour.
- Cream Preparation:
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In a mixing bowl add 1 1/2 cups of milk, 2 egg yolks, 2 Tbs of flour, 2 Tbs of sugar and the juice of one lemon.
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Mix all the ingredients for 5 minutes with an electric mixer until smooth.
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Heat the cream in a saucepan on the stove, stirring constantly, until tick.
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Let the cream cool.
- Pie Assembly:
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Roll the dough into a 10" round pie dish. Retain some of the dough for the stripes.
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Pour the cream into the crust.
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Top the pie with stripes into a rhomboid design. Cut the stripes with a ravioli cutter for a better design.
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Bake the pie for 30 min. at 350F or until golden.
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