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Shaker lemon pie
Cmadler [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Well you know Eleanor Rose couldn't visit the Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill without getting a recipe. Sadly the Shakers at Pleasant Hill, KY, didn’t write about what they ate, but Shaker Hill still maintains the original prolific vegetable gardens on the property and operates the Trustee's Table, a restaurant that serves the produce fashioned into recipes gleaned from Shaker communities around the country that did write their recipes down.
Among them, this lemon pie is best known. The original recipe has been served every day at Shaker Village since the place opened in 1967. Since lemons were historically a seasonal, hard-to-come-by treat, the pie was likely created after railroads started transporting them in the 1850s. Utilizing the entire lemon, this pie is a good illustration of the Shaker waste-nothing mentality. However, since it includes both the zest and pith of the fruit, the original recipe is extremely tart. You’ve really got to love lemons to love this pie.
Original Shaker Lemon Pie
Ingredients for Pie Crust (9-Inch, Double Crust):
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp pure cane sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup very cold vegetable shortening or lard
- 1/2 cup very cold unsalted butter
- 5 Tbsp ice cold cream OR 1/2 and 1/2 OR canned evaporated milk OR whole milk
- 2 large lemons, washed and unpeeled
- 4 large eggs
- 2 cups sugar
Source: Lost Recipes Found
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