Caitlin Hubner's Salty Lemon Custard Pie
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Caitlin Hubner's Salty Lemon Custard Pie

The queen of key lime proves she can handle any citrus... with this salty lemon drizzle custard pie that's a summer dream for all your TART FREAKS out there. 
by Caitlin Hubner | @caitskeylime

Ingredients

For the Crust:

1½ cups graham cracker crumbs 

A lot of drizzles of Drizzle

1 healthy pinch of Kosher salt 

For the Custard: 

4 egg yolks (whatever size you have is fine) 

½ cup fresh lemon juice 

1 14oz can sweetened condensed milk 

1 lemon 

More drizzles of Drizzle

For the Topping: 

Cold heavy whipping cream 

A lil spoonfull of sour cream or labne (optional) 

1 more lemon

Instructions

Active Time: 30 minutes

Full Time: 4 hours

Serves 1
1

In mixing bowl, squeeze and circle the Drizzle over the crushed graham cracker crumbs - start with about 6 squeeze circles. Mix with your hand, adding more Drizzle as needed, until the crumbs are the consistency of slightly wet sand. Move into a pie pan and pack down to cover the bottom and the sides. Sprinkle it all with a healthy pinch of salt. Stick it in the freezer while you prepare the filling.

2

Combine egg yolks, lemon juice, condensed milk and whisk until well combined. Let sit for 10 minutes to thicken up a bit.

3

Go get your crust and pour the filling in. Grate an entire lemons worth of zest directly into the filling, drizzle with a little bit more Drizzle. Swirl around with a chopstick or a butter knife. Looks sooooo cool!

4

If using a 9 inch or nearby in size pan, bake for 18-20 minutes. The filling should be just set, it’s ok if slightly jiggly. Let cool at room temp then refrigerate, ideally overnight but at least 2 hours.

5

Make whipped cream, adding a small spoonful of sour cream or labneh if you’re a total tart freak, but totally fine without. Top pie with whipped cream, more lemon zest, a slice of lemon for garnish and Drizzle away to your preference. DELISH!