Lemon Custard Pie

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make lemon custard pie? Make the custard first as it needs to cool. Measure out the necessary ingredients for the cream. Starch can be taken from either potato or corn.

2. STEP 2

   

   In a small bowl, whisk the egg and sugar until smooth.

3. STEP 3

   

   Pour starch into the sweet egg mass and stir until the lumps disappear.

4. STEP 4

   

   Pour milk into a saucepan with a thick bottom, add lemon zest. Heat the milk until almost boiling.

5. STEP 5

   

   While stirring vigorously, pour some of the hot milk into the egg-starch mixture.

6. STEP 6

   

   Return the rest of the milk to the stove. Pour the resulting mixture from the bowl back into the hot milk. At the same time, actively stir the mixture so that the mixture is brewed and lumps do not form.

7. STEP 7

   

   Cook the cream over moderate heat, stirring all the time, until thickened. It happens quickly. As soon as bubbles appear, that is, the cream begins to boil, remove the pan from the stove.

8. STEP 8

   

   Add butter and lemon juice to the cream. Mix well.

9. STEP 9

   

   The result is a thick, very aromatic, delicious lemon cream. Cover it with cling film in contact to prevent a crust from forming on the surface. Leave the cream until it cools.

10. STEP 10

    

    While the cream is cooling, prepare the pie dough. Take odorless vegetable oil. Vanilla sugar can be replaced with vanillin.

11. STEP 11

    

    Mix flour with baking powder, sift into a convenient wide bowl. Sifting will enrich the flour with oxygen, which will make the cake rise better during baking and turn out fluffy and porous.

12. STEP 12

    

    Beat eggs with sugar, salt and vanilla sugar until smooth. What to use when whipping? To make the process easier, you can use a mixer, but a regular whisk will do. This is not important here.

13. STEP 13

    

    Add sour cream and vegetable oil to the egg-sugar mixture and beat again.

14. STEP 14

    

    Add the sifted flour with baking powder and beat until the lumps disappear.

15. STEP 15

    

    You should get a thick, homogeneous dough.

16. STEP 16

    

    Line a baking pan with parchment. Pour the dough into the mold and smooth the top. My mold diameter is 22 cm.

17. STEP 17

    

    Place the cream into a piping bag. Apply the cream onto the dough in the form of a mesh. At the same time, lightly press the tip of the pastry bag into the dough so that the cream ends up inside the pie. I had a little cream left, so I laid it on top of the bottom strips of mesh.

18. STEP 18

    

    Place almond petals between the cream mesh.

19. STEP 19

    

    Bake the pie in an oven preheated to 180C for 40 minutes until golden brown. Check readiness with a wooden skewer. If it comes out dry from the middle of the pie, the pie is ready. Baking times may differ from those indicated, so be guided by the operating characteristics of your oven.

20. STEP 20

    

    Let the finished pie cool, cut into portions and serve. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Natalia M

28.12.2023

4.5

I really liked the pie with lemon custard, and not only me) I baked it for my birthday, and both adults and children liked the pie. A very interesting combination of cake and cream, it turns out almost like a cake) The crumb is very porous, juicy, soft. The cream is simply delicious, I generally love custard, and according to this recipe it turned out not only tender and tasty, but also super fragrant. At first the zest seemed a bit harsh to me, but after baking it softened and became very pleasant to the taste. I added the cream into the dough using a large “open star” nozzle, trying to press it deeper. This was a new experience for me) I note that there was a lot of cream, which made me very happy. After baking, the cream on top set a little, but remained just as tender. There were no almond petals, I placed walnut halves in between. I think the replacement went well, the nuts were fried, became crispy, and aromatic. Everything fits together perfectly. Now I want to try it with orange. The pie is very tasty! I highly recommend it to everyone!

BLUE-EYED

28.12.2023

4.9

I have no doubt how delicious it is! You know how to tease Julia! Beauty !!

BLUE-EYED

28.12.2023

4.7

That's what I'm talking about taste! I know that the pie is the simplest, but... almost everything ingenious is simple and so tasty. What we want in the kitchen, oh, and if there is also a citrus component... It’s advisable to hide such tasty treats from me, otherwise others won’t will remain, which is what I do, but only after taking the sample!