Pie Recipes
Sour Cream Lemon Pie
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 cup milk
- Yolks from 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon finely grated fresh lemon peel
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) butter (not spread), cut into small pieces
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 (9 inch) pie shell, baked and cooled
- Whipped cream or whipped topping
Instructions
- Mix sugar and cornstarch in a medium size saucepan. Whisk in milk until smooth, then yolks until blended. Stir in lemon peel and juice.
- Add butter and whisk constantly over medium heat for 5 to 7 minutes, just until boiling.
- Remove from heat and stir 1 minute longer.
- Cover surface with plastic wrap to keep a skin from forming.
- Cool to room temperature.
- Stir in sour cream until well blended. Pour into pie shell.
- Cover loosely and refrigerate for at least 6 hours until set, or for up to 2 days.
- Shortly before serving, garnish with whipped cream/topping.
Attribution
Posted by CookinMom at Recipe Goldmine May 3, 2001.