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- From: EPDAVIS@befac.indstate.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: LEMON TRUFFLE PIE
- Date: 3 Jan 1995 19:42:45 -0000
- Organization: ICL Retail Systems,Bracknell,Berks,UK
- Message-ID: <3ec9bl$ucv@jerry.rb.icl.co.uk>
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- This recipe is from a recipe card picked up at the grocery store in
- front of the display for Pillsbury All Ready Pie Crusts.
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- LEMON TRUFFLE PIE
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- 1 (15 oz.) pkg. Pillsbury All Ready Pie Crusts
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- FILLING:
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- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup water
- 2 egg yolks, beaten
- 1 tablespoon margarine or butter
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 6 oz. (1 cup) vanilla milk chips or chopped white baking bar
- 1 (8-oz.) pkg. light cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
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- Heat oven to 450 degrees. Prepare pie crust according to package
- directions for unfilled one-crust pie using 9-inch pie pan.
- (Refrigerate remaining crust for a later use.) Bake at 450 for 9 to
- 11 minutes or until lightly browned; cool completely.
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- In medium saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch and flour; mix well.
- Gradually stir in water until smooth. Cook over medium heat until
- mixture boils, stirring constantly. Reduce heat; cook 2 minutes,
- stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir about 1/4 cup of hot
- mixture into egg yolks; blend well. Add egg yolk mixture to mixture
- in saucepan. Cook over low heat until mixture boils, stirring
- constantly. Cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat;
- stir in margarine, lemon peel and lemon juice. Transfer 1/3 up of
- hot filling to small saucepan; cool remaining lemon mixture 15
- minutes. Add vanilla milk chips to hot filling in small saucepan;
- stir over low heat just until chips are melted.
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- In small bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add melted vanilla
- milk chip mixture; beat until well blended. Spread over bottom of
- cooled crust. Spoon lemon mixture over cream cheese layer.
- Refrigerate 2 to 3 hours or until set.
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- In small bowl, beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form. Pipe or
- spoon over pie. Store in refrigerator. 8 to 10 servings.
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