Matcha Pie
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.
- Total:
- Serves: 8 persons
Ingredients
- ⅔cup/133 grams granulated sugar
- 1 ½tablespoons flour
- ¼teaspoon salt
- 2teaspoons matcha powder, preferably culinary grade
- ½cup/113 grams/1 stick unsalted butter, melted
- 3eggs, plus 1 egg yolk
- 2cups/470 milliliters heavy cream
- ½teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1par-baked 10-inch pie shell
- Whipped cream, for serving (optional)
Instructions
Step 1
Heat the oven to 325 degrees. Whisk together sugar, flour, salt and matcha powder.Step 2
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.Step 3
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.