Buttermilk Pie with Strawberry Drizzle

Happy Thursday readers!

Hope you've had a great week!  I am in major countdown mode...in just 8 days I will be off for Spring Break!  Woohoo!

As y'all know, last week was Bryce's birthday and he requested that I make him a buttermilk pie.  I had never heard of the dessert, but my research showed that it is actually a very Southern dish. Having never made it before, I wanted to be sure to find a good recipe and ultimately found two that sounded tasty, so I decided to combine them into my own unique recipe.  We really enjoyed the pie.  It was light and a custard-like with hints of lemon and nutmeg.

The recipes I used for inspiration can be found here and here.

Ingredients
Buttermilk Pie:
3 large eggs
1 cup sugar
2 tbs all-purpose flour
1 stick melted butter, slightly cooled
1 cup buttermilk
1 tbs fresh lemon juice
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1 9-inch pie shell

Strawberry Drizzle
1/4 cup seedless strawberry preserves
1/2 tbs orange liqueur (I used Patron)

Directions
Pie:

Prepare pie shell (I used a frozen shell, so I cooked it according to the directions first)

Beat eggs slightly.

Mix sugar and flour well and add to eggs, mixing until creamy.

Add melted butter, mixing well.

Add buttermilk, lemon juice, vanilla extract, and nutmeg.

Bake at 325F for ~1 hour, or until custard sets.  The custard should jiggle a bit, however, the middle should not jiggle much more than the sides.  If so, return to oven and bake until the custard has set.

Strawberry Drizzle:

Pour strawberry preserves in saucepan over medium heat.

Stir constantly with whisk, until smooth.

Remove from heat and add liqueur.

Let cool slightly and drizzle over pie.  (When slicing Bryce's piece, I drizzled it over the slice, however, ultimately just spread the rest over the top of the pie!)

ENJOY!

Have you ever had buttermilk pie before?

What are your favorite Southern desserts?

Have a great day!