Made with a creamy sesame tahini custard and cookie-like sesame seed pie crust.
Course Pies
Cuisine Mediterranean
Keyword Mediterranean Sesame Tahini Custard Pie
Prep Time 25 minutesminutes
Cook Time 55 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour20 minutesminutes
Servings 8servings
Equipment
Pie Dish
Rolling Pin
Cookie cutter optional
Ingredients
Tahini Pie Crust
8tbspUnsalted butter cold
1 1/2cupsAll purpose flour
1/4cupSesame flour *see notes
1/4cupSugar
1/2tspSalt
1Egg white save the yolk for the custard
1/4cupMilk, cold reserve 1 tbsp
1tbspSesame seeds
Tahini Custard Filling
2Whole Eggs plus 2 egg yolks
3/4cupSugar
1/4cup Tahini
1cupHalf and half
1/3cupFarina also known as cream of wheat
1/2tspCardamom
1/2tspSalt
Instructions
Tahini Pie Crust
In a food processor, place the dry ingredients (except seeds), with butter and pulse until it crumbles together.
Mix the milk and egg-white together, reserving 1 tablespoon milk. While the machine is running, pour in the wet mixture. It should come together quickly into a ball.
On a floured surface, with a rolling pin, roll the dough out and place in the pie dish. Crimp the edges and brush with reserved milk, followed by a sprinkle of the sesame seeds around the edges.
*see notes for optional crust cutouts.
Preheat oven to 400.
Tahini Custard Filling
Place all of the custard ingredients in a large bowl and whisk until light and frothy. Pour into the pie crust, and place in the preheated oven to bake for 10-minutes.
Lower the temperature of the oven to 325, and bake until the custard is firm and the crust is golden brown, about another 45-minutes. Cool to room temperature and serve.
Video
Notes
Step-by-step pics are in my video.
Specialty stores and health food stores have sesame flour, however the sesame flour can be made using a coffee grinder set on finest grind setting.
For an added measure of wow factor in this open-faced custard pie, cutouts can be made with crust scraps and halfway through the baking time, set them on top of the pie and continue baking. I used a Genie lamp cookie cutter for the whimsy of it.