French lemon pie

 
                              FRENCH LEMON PIE
 
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 Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Pies                             French
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
                         -----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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