Lemon Pie

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LEMON PIE

HISTORY
The first pies were The Roman, Cato the
probably made by the Censor, published the first
early Romans who written pie "receipt" or
probably learned about it recipe: a rye-crusted, goat
from the Greeks. cheese and honey pie.
THE FIRST LEMON According to some
historians, the first
recipe for lemon pie
TART AND PIE with a pastry base
and lemon custard
RECIPES filling was written
down in 1806 by
• It is believed that the Elizabeth Goodwell,
lemon custard that came an American cook in
to be known as lemon Philadelphia. Mrs
curd was first prepared Goodwell ran a pastry
in England by Protestant shop, where she also
Quakers during the 18th organised cookery
century and that the lessons.
recipe travelled to North
America in 1774 with the
Quakers or with the
Shakers, a breakaway
sect of the Quakers.

George Fox, founder of the


Quakers. The Protestant
Quakers in England invented
the lemon pie in the
18th century.
INGREDIENTS
• 1 1/2 cups (180 g) of graham cracker crumbs
• 1/3 cup (65 grams) of granulated sugar
• 5 tablespoons (70 g) of butter, melted and slightly cooled
• 1 cup (240 ml) of fresh lemon juice from 5 to 6 lemons
• 2 14-ounce (396 g) cans of sweetened condensed milk
• 5 large egg yolks
• 1 cup (240 ml) of heavy whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon (8 g) of powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon (4.9 ml) of vanilla extrac
1. Preheat the 2. Stir 3. Press the 4. Bake the
oven to 350 °F granulated crust into a pie graham cracker
(177 °C) and sugar and plate crust for 8 to 10
put the crumbs melted butter minutes.
in a bowl. into the crumbs.
Separate 5 eggs and Whisk the juice, yolks,
Squeeze 5 to 6 Spread the filling
put the yolks in a and sweetened
lemons. condensed milk. in the pie crust.
bowl.
Part 3 :
Baking and Assembling the Pie

Bake the pie for 18 to Remove the pie and Whip the cream with Spread or pipe the
22 minutes. chill it for at least 5 powdered sugar and whipped cream over the
hours vanilla. pie before serving.

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