French Lemon Pie

* Exported from MasterCook *

FRENCH LEMON PIE

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Pies French

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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-----PIE CRUST-----
3/4 c Wheat flour
1/4 lb Butter
2 tb Water
-----FILLING-----
1 Lemon
4 tb Butter
1 Egg
1/2 c Sugar

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Make crust: Mix
flour and butter in a food processor. Add water and
form a dough. Press into a pie pan.

MAKE FILLING: Grate the lemon peel. Press the juice
out of the lemon.

Melt the butter. Beat the egg with sugar, the melted
butter, lemon juice and lemon peel. Pour the filling
into the pie crust. Bake in oven for about 30 minutes
at 425 degrees F. Let the pie cool down.

NOTES:

* A French dessert cake -- My girlfriend got this
recipe when she lived in Paris three years ago. In
French it is called Tarte au citron.

* If you don't have a food processor, you can use
your hands instead.

: Difficulty: Easy to moderate.
: Time: 50 minutes.
: Precision: Measure the ingredients.

: Anders Rantila
: CS Dept, Univ of Linkoping, Sweden
: seismo!mcvax!enea!liuida!ara

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