The Pie Recipes

Ingredients

• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup fine yellow cornmeal
• 1 Tbs. granulated sugar
• ¼ cup toasted pine nuts (optional, but so tasty)
• 2 tsp. finely grated lemon zest
• 1 tsp. salt
• 6 oz. (12 Tbs.) cold unsalted butter, cut into small dice
• 2 oz. (4 Tbs.) cold nonhydrogenated vegetable shortening
• ¼ cup ice-cold water plus 1 Tbs. fresh lemon juice
• 3 large eggs
• 3 Tablespoons all purpose flour
• 4 oz. unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup + 2 Tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup buttermilk
• ½ vanilla bean, split and scraped or 1 teaspoon good quality vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon lime zest
• 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 cups fresh blackberries tossed with 1 Tablespoon of flour