Joy of Cooking Recipe error?

[karris]

In the latest edition, page 671 is a recipe for Peach Custard Pie Cockaigne. After putting it in the oven I couldn't help but wonder why the filling was only halfway up the pie shell.

Then, it occurred to me that there was no dairy in this recipe. It's supposed to be a custard pie, but includes only a single egg mixed with melted butter, sugar and a bit of flour. Pie is out of the oven but I can't imagine it's right, with no cream. Other custard pies include quite a few more eggs, so perhaps this is a different type of custard? Any thoughts?

 

[skilletlicker]

I probably have a different edition. There is a recipe for "Open-Faced Peach Custard Pie" with the same ingredients; egg, butter, sugar, and flour. No cream. Looked for "cockaigne" and found the explanation below related to a similarly named dish by the original authors.

Plum Cake Cockaigne (pronounced caw-cane) was a favorite recipe in the Rombauer household. The word cockaigne was a term of endearment in the cookbook and was tacked onto various recipes throughout the Joy of Cooking as a way to signify the absolute personal favorite recipes of the Rombauer clan. Derived from old French, cockaigne literally refers to a mythical land of plentiful luxury, comfort, and peace. Such a dreamy notion of an ideal paradise was so charming to the Rombauers it was also the name they chose for their country estate.

 

[dragnlaw]

I have 3 early editions of JOC but unfortunately they are in storage ... somewhere.

 

[dcSaute]

from the third printing, 1976...
note the "add milk to make 1/2 cup"