Vidalia’s Lemon Chess Pie

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This dessert has been served astatine Vidalia since the downtown Washington edifice opened, much than 23 years ago. The look is Southern, primitively from cook Jeff Buben’s mother. Vidalia baker Nelson Ramirez has been making it from the beginning, with changes lone successful its seasonal garnishes.

The bequest is present nether the stewardship of Vidalia's caller pastry chef, Jacqueline Suter, on with Ramirez.

If you usage a refrigerated roll-out pastry crust dough, marque definite it's ample capable to screen a deep-dish pastry plate.

The cooled pastry tin beryllium refrigerated for up to 1 week.

Adapted from Vidalia edifice successful downtown Washington.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 8-10 (makes 1 9-inch deep-dish pie)

One 9-inch deep-dish pastry dough ammunition oregon pastry crust dough (see headnote)
9 ample eggs
3 cups sugar
2 tablespoons cornmeal
2 tablespoons distilled achromatic vinegar
1 spoon vanilla extract
10 tablespoons caller citrus foodstuff (from 3 lemons)
16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 10)

Calories
560
Fat
29 g
Saturated Fat
15 g
Carbohydrates
71 g
Sodium
160 mg
Cholesterol
215 mg
Protein
7 g
Sugar
61 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from Vidalia edifice successful downtown Washington.

Tested by Vanessa Williams.

Published December 7, 2015

Updated March 15, 2026