Buttermilk pie

This pie is from the category “what to do with the extra buttermilk box”. But it was such a great surprise with how tasty it is! My inspiration for this was from Food Wishes. And the best part of it is that I transformed it to be compatible to be baked in the airfryer. It is sooo much faster than normal oven, the only difference is that I had to choose a dish that is smaller than what I would use in the oven so that it would fit in the airfryer –  my cake form has 18 cm in diameter.

Buttermilk pie
Preparation time: 20 min
Baking time: 25-30 min
Baking temperature: 160 C with in the airfryer
Servings: 6
Difficulty: easy

Ingredients

  • 1 filo pastry, can be for quiche or puff pastry cookies
  • 35 g of room temperature butter
  • 100 grams of sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 heaping tablespoon of flour
  • 80 grams of buttermilk
  • zest from half a lemon
  • 2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • a fine dust of freshly ground nutmeg
  • half a teaspoon of vanilla essence
  • a pinch of salt

Directions

  1. Start by placing the filo pastry in your form. If you have a pie tray, that is easy… I did struggle a bit with my cake from to fit the pastry in.
  2. Bake it in the airfryer at 160 C for 5 min.
  3. In the meantime, mix the 35 grams of room temperature butter with 100 grams of sugar.
  4. Add 1 egg.
  5. You can now add the aromatics: half a teaspoon of vanilla essence, a dust of fresh nutmeg and half of freshly zested lemon and two tablespoons of its juice.
  6. Mix in the heaping tablespoon of flour and the 80 grams of buttermilk. If you want a softer consistency for the pie, you can add 90 grams of buttermilk.
  7. Pour it in the form an bake in the airfryer at 160 C for 20-50 min. Or until it has a beautiful golden color and the consistency is not too liquidy when you jiggle it.
  8. Let it cool down completely. It will sag down a bit.
  9. Ideally, let it rest in the fridge overnight.