![Image may contain Plant Food and Produce](https://assets.epicurious.com/photos/5609a62f6a59cdb91b5ff658/1:1/w_2560%2Cc_limit/355551_hires.jpg)
-
Active Time
1 hr
-
Total Time
4 hr (includes chilling dough and cooling pie)
The glory of a chess pie is its rich custard filling (long ago also used to fill tartlets called cheesecakes, hence the name). The secret to the accompanying salsa is to panfry the pineapple until it's charred, bringing out the fruit's acidic, musky qualities. And as for the last-minute drizzle of caramel sauce—how bad could that be?
Ingredients
Makes 6 servings
For pastry dough:
For pineapple salsa:
For caramel sauce:
For filling:
Make dough:
Step 1
Stir together flour, sugar, and salt in a large bowl (or pulse in a food processor). Add butter and shortening and blend with your fingertips or a pastry blender (or pulse) just until mixture resembles coarse meal with some roughly pea-size butter lumps. Drizzle 4 tablespoons ice water evenly over mixture and gently stir with a fork (or pulse) until incorporated.
Step 2
Squeeze a small handful: If dough doesn't hold together, add more ice water, 1/2 tablespoon at a time, stirring (or pulsing) until incorporated. (Do not overwork dough or pastry will be tough.)
Step 3
Turn out dough onto a work surface and form into a ball, then flatten into a 5-inch disk. Chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, at least 1 1/2 hours.
Make salsa while dough chills:
Step 4
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over high heat until it shimmers. Sear pineapple in 2 batches, turning once, until well blackened, about 6 minutes per batch, adding remaining tablespoon oil between batches. Transfer to paper towels to drain and cool briefly, then cut pineapple into 1/4-inch pieces, discarding core.
Step 5
Whisk together lime zest, lime juice, rum, and brown sugar in a medium bowl. Stir in pineapple and chill until ready to use.
Make caramel sauce:
Step 6
Bring sugar and water to a boil in a 10-inch heavy skillet, stirring until sugar has dissolved, then wash down any sugar crystals from side of skillet with a pastry brush dipped in cold water. Boil, without stirring, swirling pan occasionally, until dark amber, 7 to 8 minutes. Cool 2 minutes, then whisk in butter, cream, and yogurt. Transfer to a bowl and chill.
Make tart shell:
Step 7
Preheat oven to 375°F with rack in middle.
Step 8
Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into an 11-inch round (about 1/8 inch thick), then fit into tart pan. Trim excess dough flush with rim, then press side to make dough come up slightly above rim. Lightly prick bottom all over with a fork, then chill 30 minutes.
Step 9
Line tart shell with foil and fill with pie weights. Bake on a baking sheet until side is set and edge is pale golden, about 15 minutes. Carefully remove foil and weights and continue to bake until pale golden all over, about 25 minutes more, loosely covering edges with foil if they get too dark. Cool shell in tart pan 15 minutes.
Make filling and bake pie:
Step 10
Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
Step 11
Whisk together eggs, yolks, and sugar in a large bowl, then whisk in remaining ingredients. Transfer filling to tart shell and bake until a light crust forms on top and filling is set 3 inches from edge but center is still wobbly, 45 to 50 minutes (filling will be slightly puffed and will continue to set as it cools).
Step 12
Serve slightly warm or at room temperature, topped with pineapple salsa and drizzled with caramel sauce.
•Dough can be made 1 day ahead and chilled.
•Pineapple salsa and caramel sauce can be made 2 days ahead and chilled separately. Bring to room temperature before serving.
•Chess pie can be baked 8 hours ahead and kept at room temperature.
How would you rate Chess Pie with Blackened Pineapple Salsa and Caramel Sauce?
Leave a Review
Reviews (4)
Back to TopWhat's good in this recipe is the pineapple salsa and the caramel. The pie itself is not bad but I didn't find anything special. I will certainly do the caramel and salsa again but will serve it with something else, maybe a quatre-quart or something like that.
Natapouette
4/17/2011
另一个评论,我有一个国际象棋P的秘方ie from my great-grandmother which is more like a pecan pie. Pastry dough tartlets filled with golden raisins, egg, sugar and vanilla. Wondering if this is also "chess pie" or something else. She served it with hard sauce. I can't seem to find any similar recipes on the site.
roja69
2/21/2011
No review - but according to one legend the name "Chess Pie" came from an old plantation cook who threw together the ingredients and baked a pie. When asked the name of the pie, she replied "jes (just) pie" and the name grew to Chess Pie. The name could also be a corruption of cheese but probably nothing to do with cheesecake
Anonymous
Arkansas
2/21/2011
I had never made or tasted a chess pie before so wasn't sure what to expect. This was delicious and easy to make. I wasn't crazy about the pineapple salsa but the caramel was very good with the pie. Everyone was pleasantly surprised at how good this was and I will keep this recipe ready for future dinner parties.
aud1
Camas, WA
10/15/2009