Beltane Cream Pie

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup butter (not margarine)
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla
• ground nutmeg
• 1 9 in.baked pastry shell

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter in a wide pan over medium heat.
• 2 in a separate bowl slowly add the milk to the cornstarch, making sure it is fully dissolved and absorbed before adding more milk.
• 3 when the cornstarch is fully blended, add this and all other ingredients, except the vanilla, to the cooking pan.
• 4 stir constantly over medium heat until the mixture becomes thick.
• 5 remove the heat and stir in the vanilla.
• 6 pour the mixture into the waiting pie shell and sprinkle with nutmeg.
• 7 the pie may be eaten while it is still warm, as long as it has cooled enough to set. or the pie may be chilled and eaten later.