Recipe - Kos Lemon Pie

Karen Mintzias

PASTRY
1 cup Unbleached allpurpose flour
One fourth cup Confectioners' sugar
One half tablespoon Finely grated lemon peel
1 pn Salt
8 tablespoon Unsalted butter
cut into small pieces
2 Egg yolks
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

FILLING
8 tablespoon Unsalted butter
at room temperature
1/3 cup Honey
5 Egg yolks
1 One half cup Ground blanched almonds
2 Lemons; juiced
One fourth cup Heavy cream
One half cup Superfine sugar
One half cup Water
1 Lemon; juiced

FOR SERVING
Confectioners' sugar; sifted

To make the pastry, sift the flour and confectioners' sugar into a large
cold bowl, stir in the grated lemon zest and salt, and add the butter.
Quickly and lightly rub the mixture together with your fingers until it
resembles coarse meal. Beat the egg yolks and vanilla together and stir
into the flour mixture. Pull the dough together into a ball with your
fingers, adding cold water only if necessary to make a soft dough. Tightly
cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Set a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 375 F.

Lightly flour a work surface and roll out the pastry to fit a 9 to 10inch
tart pan with a removable bottom. To transfer the pastry, wrap it around
the rolling pin, lift above the pan, and unroll over the rim. With your
thumb and knuckle, gently press the pastry into the pan, then roll the
rolling pin over the rim to trim the edges. Line with aluminum foil and
bake 6 to 8 minutes or until just set. Set aside, and lower the oven
temperature to 325 F.

To make the filling, beat the butter and honey with an electric mixer or by
hand until pale and creamy. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time. Then stir
in the almonds, the juice of 2 lemons (reserve the zest, removed in thin
strips), and the cream. Pour into the pastry shell and lightly smooth the
top with a spatula. Bake 30 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown and set.

Meanwhile, combine the superfine sugar, reserved lemon zest, and water in a
sugar pan or small heavy saucepan. Slowly bring to a boil, then simmer 6
minutes or until the syrup lightly coats the back of a metal spoon. Set
aside to cool slightly.

Add the remaining lemon juice to the barely warm syrup and strain,
reserving the zest. Pour the syrup over the warm pie, remove from the pan,
and liberally sprinkle with confectioners' sugar and the reserved zest.
Serve immediately.

Note: To make the pastry in the food processor, chill the processor bowl
and metal blade in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Working very quickly,
process the flour, sugar, lemon zest, and butter until the mixture
resembles coarse meal. Add the egg yolks and vanilla and pulse just to
mix. (It is unlikely that you will need to add water.) Wrap and
refrigerate.

Source: Flavors of Greece by Rosemary Barron ISBN: 0688070876

Typed for you by Karen Mintzias

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