Recipe - Grandma Searles Custard Pie

PASTRY
1 cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Salt
5 tablespoon Lard; cut into pieces
5 tablespoon Butter; cut into pieces
5 tablespoon Water

FILLING
6 lg Eggs
1 cup Sugar
2 cup Milk
Nutmeg; for sprinkling

Sift the flour and salt into a mixing bowl. Add the lard and butter and
work in with your fingertips or a pastry blender until the mixture
resembles coarse crumbs. Gradually stir in the water until the dough holds
together. Wrap the dough in transparent wrap and chill for 15 to 20
minutes.

Heat the oven to 450F.

Roll the pastry out on a lightly floured work surface, using a floured pin.
Line a 9inch deep pie plate with the pastry. Trim and flute the edges.

Beat together the eggs, sugar and milk, and pour into the pie shell.
Sprinkle generously with nutmeg. Bake the pie for 10 minutes. Lower the
heat to 350F and bake for 30 to 45 minutes more or until the custard has
set. Serve the pie cold.

Recipe by: Good Old Food

Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by Sean Coate
swcoate@peganet.com on Oct 30, 1997