For those who do not like too sweet desserts, you can make lemongrass pie. It is perfect for a modest tea party and for a wide celebration. Its slightly sour pleasant taste will captivate all guests.

Classic lemongrass pie

You will need:

  • two lemons;
  • starch - 12 g;
  • granulated sugar - 160 g;
  • ground cardamom - 2 g;
  • salt - 3 g;
  • flour - 300 gr;
  • two eggs;
  • butter - 0.2 kg;
  • baking powder dough - 5 gr.

Step by step cooking:

  1. Rinse the lemons in boiling water, using a grater to remove the yellow skin from them.
  2. Flour through a sieve into a separate bowl. Pour baking powder, salt and crushed lemon peels to it.
  3. Remove the butter in advance from the refrigerator or soften in the microwave and mix with sugar in another bowl.
  4. Beat the eggs, beat them one at a time and pour the mixture into the flour.
  5. Make a dough, form a bun from it and put in the refrigerator for half an hour.
  6. Cut the lemon pulp remaining after the grater into slices, remove the seeds and load the slices in a blender.
  7. In the resulting mass after grinding, pour starch, sugar and cardamom.
  8. Divide the dough ball into two parts.
  9. Roll one part and put on a baking sheet, pre-oiled.
  10. Spread the filling evenly on the bottom layer of dough.
  11. Roll out the other part of the dough and put it on top of the filling.
  12. Trim and close the edges of the pie.
  13. Pre-turn on the oven and set it at 180 degrees.
  14. Bake dessert for 35 minutes.

Simple and quick recipe

Essential Ingredients:

  • butter - 100 gr;
  • four eggs;
  • sugar - 80 g;
  • one lemon;
  • wheat flour - 160 gr;
  • tea soda - 3 gr.

How to cook a treat:

  1. We combine the flour with soda and sift through a sieve.
  2. We soften a piece of butter, pour sugar to it and grind everything until smooth.
  3. We break the eggs in the same dish and mix.
  4. Pass the lemon through a meat grinder. Its zest can be grated separately.
  5. Combine flour with a mass of lemons and eggs.
  6. Making the dough.
  7. The baking dish must first be treated with vegetable oil.
  8. We fill the prepared form with dough and put it in the oven, heated to 200 degrees.
  9. The baking time is half an hour. Do not forget to pierce the cake in several places with a toothpick so that the internal component bakes well.
  10. Pie can be eaten both hot and cold. For beauty, sprinkle icing sugar on top of it.

On kefir

With kefir, the dough is softer and more tender, and the pie itself is airy.

Grocery list:

  • margarine - 0.2 kg;
  • two lemons;
  • baking powder - 6 gr;
  • kefir - 250 ml;
  • sugar - 300 gr;
  • flour - 0.5 kg.

Cooking Option:

  1. We take the margarine from the refrigerator or freezer, cut into pieces and three on a grater.
  2. Add it to the flour and chop together with a knife.
  3. Pour kefir into the flour mass and pour the baking powder.
  4. Make a dough and form two identical koloboks.
  5. We put them in the refrigerator for half an hour, after wrapping it with foil.
  6. Process washed lemons with a meat grinder.
  7. Pour sugar in them.
  8. Set the oven to heat, and at this time roll out the dough balls in two layers.
  9. Wet the baking sheet with water or oil and put the first layer of dough on it.
  10. We spread the lemon mixture on it and cover it with a second layer of dough.
  11. To process the edges of the pie, just pinching them together.
  12. Make small holes in the cake and put in the oven for 40 minutes.

Lemon Raisin Cake

Raisins are also slightly sour, and it perfectly complements the lemon filling, making it richer and tastier.

Basic ingredients:

  • three chicken eggs;
  • baking powder - 8 gr;
  • one lemon;
  • icing sugar for decoration;
  • sugar - 130 gr;
  • raisins - 100 gr;
  • flour - 160 gr;
  • butter - 50 gr.

How to make lemon pie:

  1. Boil lemon in water for 7 minutes.
  2. Put the fruit on a plate to cool.
  3. Beat the eggs, put butter in them, pour 80 grams of sugar, flour and baking powder.
  4. First, carefully process everything with a whisk, and then with your hands.
  5. Put raisins in the same place.
  6. Divide the cooked lemon into two halves and remove the flesh with stones with a fork.
  7. Pour the remaining 50 grams of sugar into the pulp, freed from the seeds and leave - let the fruit secrete more juice.
  8. Chop the lemon peel into small pieces and transfer them to the dough.
  9. Prepare a baking dish and pour the resulting aromatic dough into it.
  10. Cook in an oven, heated to 180 degrees 30 minutes.
  11. We get a browned dessert. Smear its top with lemon juice and sugar.
  12. After it cools, sprinkle it with powder. Bon Appetit!

From shortcrust pastry

Required Products:

  • two eggs;
  • sugar - 250 gr;
  • butter - 0.2 kg;
  • flour - 0.4 kg;
  • baking powder dough - 8 g;
  • two lemons;
  • starch - 12 gr.

How to make lemongrass from shortcrust pastry:

  1. From lemons, isolate and chop the zest.
  2. Combine it with sifted flour and baking powder.
  3. Grate the softened butter with sugar until you get a white mass.
  4. Break eggs in the same dish.
  5. Knead the dough, form a ball out of it and close for 20 minutes in the refrigerator.
  6. Lemons can be held through a grater or through a meat grinder.
  7. Pour 150 grams of sugar and starch to this mass.
  8. Cut the ball of dough into two parts and roll each of them.
  9. Place both sides on a baking sheet, and lay the filling between them. Do not forget to close the edges of the future pie around the perimeter.
  10. Bake a treat for 40 minutes at a temperature of 160 degrees.

In a slow cooker

Smart kitchen appliances will ensure that your dessert is not burnt and not overcooked, set only the right time.

You will need:

  • butter - 150 gr;
  • four chicken eggs;
  • one lemon;
  • baking powder - 10 gr;
  • flour - 160 gr;
  • granulated sugar - 80 g.

Step by step cooking:

  1. Remove all dirt from the lemon and grind the peel.
  2. We divide the remaining pulp with a knife into two parts and squeeze the juice.
  3. Remove oil from the refrigerator in advance. In 10 minutes it softens and can be mixed with sugar with a fork.
  4. Break all the eggs into this dish, pour the juice and transfer the chopped zest.
  5. Process the entire mass with a mixer.
  6. Add flour and baking powder there.
  7. Prepare the multicooker bowl with a piece of oil.
  8. Pour in the resulting dough.
  9. In the program menu, press the "Baking" button. Set the timer for 50 minutes.
  10. Cooked dessert can be sprinkled with powder, slices of nuts or pour jam.

With apple jam and almond crumbs

The composition of the recipe:

  • jam from apples - 270 g;
  • granulated sugar - 50 gr;
  • wheat flour - 0.1 kg;
  • butter - 0.1 kg;

For filling:

  • baking powder - 5 gr;
  • sugar - 75 g;
  • butter - 100 gr;
  • the floor of the lemon;
  • almonds - 40 gr;
  • flour - 0.15 gr.

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Mix the butter and sugar. Rub everything well.
  2. Slowly pour the sifted flour there.
  3. We distribute the resulting dough on a baking sheet and put in the oven for 15 minutes.
  4. Lubricate the cakes with jam.
  5. Separately combine the flour and baking powder (ingredients from the filling column).
  6. Process the peel on a grater and add the zest to the bulk.
  7. Put butter and almonds.
  8. Mix everything and sprinkle the resulting mass on top of the pie.
  9. Bake another 30 minutes.

Open pie

You will need:

  • butter - 0.1 kg;
  • five eggs;
  • flour - 0.25 kg;
  • four lemons;
  • sugar - 0.25 kg;
  • icing sugar - 10 g.

Secrets of cooking:

  1. Combine flour, zest from half a lemon, butter and sugar in an amount of 50 grams.
  2. Grind everything in a blender or food processor.
  3. Pour 30 ml of lemon juice and beat the chicken egg.
  4. Roll out the kneaded dough in one layer.
  5. Put it in a baking dish, pre-coated with oil.
  6. Press the edges of the dough to its walls.
  7. Put baking paper on top of the dough layer and sprinkle on it, for example, rice. This is necessary so that the paper does not budge.
  8. Separately bake the base for the cake for 15 minutes.
  9. We make the filling: select the zest from one lemon and mix it with the remaining sugar and 50 grams of flour.
  10. Squeeze 200 ml of juice from lemons.
  11. Pour it into the bulk, break the eggs there.
  12. Leave the filling for 20 minutes and, as soon as the base is baked, shift the filling inside the cake.
  13. Prepare a treat for another half hour.
  14. As soon as the cake is baked, sprinkle it with powder.

From puff pastry

Such a pie is prepared much faster, but the taste does not change at all.

Basic ingredients:

  • puff pastry - 0.5 kg;
  • sugar - 130 gr;
  • one lemon;
  • one yolk;
  • starch - 12 gr.

How to make a dessert:

  1. Take a ready-made puff pastry, thaw it.
  2. Roll around the table and divide into two pieces.
  3. Put one of them in a baking dish.
  4. Scroll the lemon in a meat grinder without peeling it off.
  5. Combine it with starch and sugar.
  6. Put the resulting filling on the bottom layer of dough.
  7. On the second layer, make holes and put it on the filling, covering the edges.
  8. Heat the oven to 200 degrees and cook for about 40 minutes.

Lemon pie with meringue

Such a pie can be served at the most luxurious celebration.

Grocery list:

For the test:

  • flour - 130 gr;
  • salt - 5 g;
  • one chicken yolk;
  • cold water - 60 ml;
  • margarine - 125 gr;

For filling:

  • flour - 50 gr;
  • starch - 30 gr;
  • water - 0.1 l;
  • sugar - 160 g;
  • four yolks;
  • salt - 2 g;
  • five proteins;
  • butter - 30 gr;
  • two lemons.

Cooking method:

  1. To knead the dough, combine the flour, salt, margarine, cut into small pieces.
  2. We chop this mass with a knife until it turns into crumbs.
  3. Pour one yolk in 60 ml of water and shake. Pour into the dough.
  4. Hands form a lump of dough.
  5. Roll it into a layer and put in a deep baking sheet.
  6. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes separately.
  7. For the filling, pour sugar, flour, starch, salt into the pan.
  8. Pour lemon juice, water, put zest.
  9. Boil the mixture until it boils.
  10. Separately, beat the yolks and pour into a pan with butter.
  11. Cook until the mass begins to resemble jelly.
  12. Distribute the resulting filling inside the pie.
  13. Make a meringue: beat whites and sugar together.
  14. Put the resulting meringues on top of the yellow filling.
  15. Cook another 15 minutes. Bon Appetit!