This Homemade Buttermilk Chess Pie Recipe is made with a simple crust and filled up with homemade buttermilk, sugar, and cornmeal for an unbelievable dessert.
Servings: 8
Prep Time: 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 2 hourshours
Cooling Time: 1 hourhour
Ingredients
For the Pie Crust:
1 ½cupsall-purpose flour
½stick cold unsalted butter
¼cupleftover cold rendered bacon fat
pinchof sea salt
1tablespoonsugar
ice cold water
For the Filling:
8eggs
3cupssugar
1/3cupcornmeal
2tablespoonsflour
pinchsea salt
1cupmelted unsalted butter
½cupwhole milk
2tablespoonsdistilled vinegar
1tablespoonvanilla
powdered sugar and fresh berries for garnish
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400°.
Pie Crust: add the flour, butter, bacon fat, salt, and sugar to a food processor and pulse on high speed while drizzling in the water until it becomes like a meal. Note: you may need a bit more water.
Transfer the dough to a clean surface dusted with flour, and roll the dough out with a pin until it is 1/8 thick.
Form the dough to a deep 9” pie pan cutting off any excess and crimping the edges to make a ripple around the outside.
Add a piece of parchment paper over the top of the pie crust, followed up with 1 pound of dried beans and bake for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool completely. Turn the oven down to 350°.
Filling: Add the eggs to a large bowl and lightly whisk. Add in remaining ingredients and whisk until combined.
Pour the batter into a deep 9” pie pan and bake for 100 to 120 minutes or until firm in the center. After 30-35 minutes, cover the outside crust with foil so it does not burn up.
Cool completely on a rack and serve with powdered sugar and fresh berries.
Notes
Make-Ahead: You can make this up to 2 days ahead of time.How to Store: Store this covered in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. This will freeze covered for up to 3 months. Thaw it in the refrigerator for 1 day before slicing and serving.Chess Pie is excellent to serve for breakfast.A classic buttermilk chess pie is served with powdered sugar, and that’s it. Now you can do that, but I think some fresh berries would be a nice touch to add to this chess pie.