Name: Matcha Pie
Total time: 1 min
Ingredients: 2/3 cup/133 grams granulated sugar; 1 1/2 tablespoons flour; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons matcha powder, preferably culinary grade; 1/2 cup/113 grams/1 stick unsalted butter, melted; 3 eggs, plus 1 egg yolk; 2 cups/470 milliliters heavy cream; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 par-baked 10-inch pie shell; Whipped cream, for serving (optional)

Matcha, or powdered green tea, makes this pie a verdant green. Melissa and Emily Elsen, the owners of Four & Twenty Blackbirds in Brooklyn, use a culinary grade matcha, which is less bitter and which you can find online. Serve the pie plain or with whipped cream.

Matcha Pie

granulated sugar

flour

salt

matcha powder,

113 grams/1 stick unsalted butter, melted

heavy cream

vanilla extract

par-baked 10-inch pie shell

Whipped cream,

Heat the oven to 325 degrees. Whisk together sugar, flour, salt and matcha powder.

Stir in butter, then beat in 3 eggs and 1 egg yolk, one at a time. Beat a couple of minutes more, stir in the cream and vanilla and strain into the pie shell.

Bake about 50 minutes, rotating it 180 degrees after about 35 minutes, until set around the edges but still wobbly in the center. Allow to cool.

Matcha Pie

Total: 1 hours, 30 minutes

Servings: 8

Author : Florence Fabricant

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