Sister Lizzie's Southern Buttermilk Pie

FOR THE PAT IN THE PAN PIE CRUST

2.5 cups of self raising flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
3 tablespoons of cold milk
2/3 cup of vegetable oil 

Whisk together dry ingredients in a bowl and add the wet ingredients and stir gently until the dough forms a ball - don’t over mix. Put the dough into a pie pan and pat it thin and flat to conform to the shape of the pan. Crimp the edges, you are now ready for the filling.

FOR THE FILLING

1.25 cups of caster sugar
3 tablespoon of self raising flour
4 eggs, whisked
1 cup buttermilk
1.5 teaspoons vanilla essence
½ a cup of melted butter that has cooled
1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon of lemon zest
Pinch of grated nutmeg

Combine the flour and sugar. Stir in the eggs and buttermilk. Add the cooled, melted butter, vanilla, lemon juice and zest and nutmeg. Pour into the unbaked pie shell. Bake at 425 F in a preheated oven for 15 minutes, then lower the temperature to 350F and bake for a further 40 minutes. Cool and serve.