Lemon Chess Pie

Name: Lemon Chess Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 5 large, eggs; 1 3/4 cups (12¼ ounces/347 grams) plus 1 teaspoon, sugar; 1 tablespoon grated, lemon zest plus 3 tablespoons juice; 2 tablespoons, cornmeal; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 8 tablespoons (1 stick), unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly; 1 , (9-inch) pie shell, chilled (see note)

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2010

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SERVES 8

TIME 1 hour, plus 1 hour chilling and 4 hours cooling

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