restaurant style egg custard pie

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups whole milk
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 (9 inch) refrigerated pie crust

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 40 mins


• preheat oven to 425 degrees f (220 degrees c.)
• in a large bowl, combine eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla. mix just enough to incorporate all the ingredients. set aside. in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine milk and butter. use a wire whisk and stir constantly until the milk begins to rise in the saucepan at a rapid boil - 5 to 8 minutes. never stop stirring, or the milk will burn. pour the hot mixture into the egg mixture, stirring as you pour.
• line a 9 inch pan with dough. pour custard mixture into crust. protect the edges of crust with a ring of aluminum foil.
• bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. remove foil and bake for 8 to 10 minutes. filling will appear slightly jiggly. allow to cool.